blogs and blogging
Blogging is one way of linking writing, reading, and connecting information and learning together. It seems the perfect venue to introduce elementary school students to the online world world of networked learning. They need to get acquainted to reading and writing hyperlinked text . Blogging holds some broad advantages over these traditional written techniques.
Motivation Blogging is an excellent way for children to present and share their work, which they all love doing. Knowing they have a global audience can help motivate reluctant writers. Record of Work Simply by using a Blog you have an immediate record of a child's progression, as each blog post (entry) is automatically dated and time stamped. This provides an excellent way of seeing how a child's literacy (and ICT) skills have developed over time. Accessibility of information Since blogs are stored on the Internet, they are immediately available to parents at home. Although this carries some disadvantages, it does also help raise parents' awareness of the work their children are doing. This allows them to be more involved in their child's learning. Multimedia Blogging makes it easy to combine text and pictures, without the need for expensive copies to be made. |
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