Blogging

Blogging is kind of like a diary online. You are able to "publish" posts so that others can read them. A blog can be anywhere from your everyday life, to a trip you took across the country, to a music blog where you post your favorite songs of the week. Blogs are an easy way to share information with people and others are allowed to comment on it.

Blogging could be a good tool to use in the classroom. Instead of assigning a writing prompt and asking students to bring their paper to class, the students can post the paper to their own blog. Not only does this save paper but other students can them peer review them easy. Also, the papers are all located in the same spot for easy access.

The video below has a section in it where the creator of the video interviews teachers and asks how they use blogs. The responses they give are also good examples of how to use a blog in the classroom.