- Blogs can be used in the classroom for posting assignments, sharing news and class activities, online publishing of student work, showcases of student art, poetry and creative projects, responding to concepts and ideas dealt with in class, sending parents information and linking with other classes in other parts of the world.
- -Blogs open up conversations and communication between the author and the audience.
- Blogging fits easily into most Key Learning Areas in the classroom.
- Classroom blogs can also contain learning centres, writing prompts, graphic organisers, digital worksheets, URLs and media files.
- Apple offer support to teachers who become Apple Distinguished Educators (ADE). They provide teachers with digital and media technologies as well as professional development. This is very important as two thirds of teachers say they feel underprepared to use technology.
- Warschauer (2006) documented gains in motivation, writing comprehension and critical thinking when laptops were used in the classroom. Children should be encouraged to use and learn through new literacies.
Reference:
Pericles, K. (2008). Happily blogging @ Belmore South. SCAN, 27(2), 4-6
Barone, D., & Wright, T. E. (2008). Literacy instruction with digital and media technologies. The Reading Teacher, 62(4), 292-302
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