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Monday, July 7, 2008

Can I Blog too?














Blogging has become a factor in everyone's life, willingly or not! If you are a fun of politics, news media (CNBC, CNN and the like), Pundit Shows, or even the hilarious Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher you are definitely influenced by Blogging.

Ariana Huffington, a now world famous author/blogger has made a name for herself via her blog The Huffington Post. So what can blogging do for you or me? Well, a lot! For one, it is very possible that a blog is your favorite news source for movies, clothing, sports, etc. Perhaps blogging has become a hobby or means of keeping in touch with friends and loved one from far away. Blogs are immensely useful and relatively easy to use.

One obvious and growing purpose for the world of blogging is its educational malleability. Teachers and students alike can use blogs for everything for discussion groups, homework, research, all the way through to having a paperless classroom (a more popular goal in today's green conscious world). In my teaching experience I have found many places to make a blogging a tool in the classroom. In the coming school year I hope to set every student up with a blog and have them submit questions and assignments through it.

2 comments:

Mrs. Koukoulas said...

I’m looking forward to utilizing effective strategies inherent to Web 2.0 and promoting growth in education… A paperless classroom in a greener world….What could be better?!

Karen Kliegman said...

Dan,
I hope that you will incorporate blogging into your teaching. I think that you will be a great role model for your school!