Blogging

Blogging

Definition: Blog is “a web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer”. Using the internet has started becoming a popular way of getting information and staying in contact with friends and family. Blogs are being used to speak on everything the main stream media is afraid to say. Blogs are written on all kinds of topics from A to Z. Readers can usually leave comments, which lead to discussions about the blog’s content. Blogging can enhance the learning environment and student’s ability to self-reflected and process concepts. 

 Blogs are not always “personal” and can include more than one author. As blogs become more popular and affect different forms of communication with a higher degree of magnitude. Blogs are great educational tools and they give students complete freedom to publish content on the web.

Features:

- Blogging allows teachers to post or publish assignments, resources, syllabus and up to date information on classes

-Teachers can also use blogs to help students’ master content and improve their writing skills.

  

-Blogging allows students to share and publish their work with others.

-Also students can create their own blogs to write their own articles and upcoming programs information and their experiences.

This YouTube video from Palm Breeze Cafe gives an overview of a blog’s place in the educational process.

For details: http://elearningindustry.com/how-to-use-blogs-in-the-classroom