Teachers are becoming more and more familiar with blogging and this is translating into its use into the classroom in some way. Depending on what grade level a teacher is working at, blogging may be very familiar with their students already. I have been teaching primarily in intermediate and elementary classrooms over the past eight years, and the majority of my students have not been blogging, but hopefully that will change this upcoming year. I plan on having the children in my homeroom blog as part of my language arts curriculum.
Why blogging in the classroom? Blogging is a way for students to use technology effectively in the classroom and has a chance to enhance a part of the curriculum. The students will be motivated to write creatively using a blog, because they get to use the computer and can share their writing pieces with their fellow classmates. Blogging also allows parents and other members of the educational community to see what is happening in your particular classroom.
Blogging can be a very integral part of a telecollaborative project because classes all over the world can interact with each other through blogging if a particular assignment is given. Students can post opinions, assignments, reviews, and other ideas that deal with the particular lesson.
Blogging is becoming more familiar in the classrooms ranging from primary to high school, because of its simplicity and because others can be involved in the discussion online even while sitting at home. Below you will find an article that lists "Five major uses for blogs in education".
http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/EducationalBlogging/40493
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