Are you on the (edu)blogging bandwagon yet?

As the Seattle Times reported, “Teachers are reaching out to students with a new class of blogs.”
As highlighted in the report, teachers use blogs in different ways (as compared to personal blogs or political blogs perhaps?), the most common approach is “students post written responses to a teacher’s query.”
As cited in the article, looking at reasons for using blogs, allowing students to read and comment on each other’s posts results in “the work becomes a conversation instead of a one-way delivery of information,” said Warlick; “Some students who might be reluctant to join a classroom discussion could feel more free to participate online,” said Muller.
And more quotes within the report from the “horses’ mouth”, “I like blogs because you get to share a creative idea with the world,” noted one. “I think I’m a better writer because of my blog,” commented another. Added one: “I think that other kids should blog because it’s fun and it really helps you learn more and more.”
am sure teachers who have tried blogging with their students will find the above quotes very familiar 🙂