“Teddy Bears Go Blogging” is such an interesting and informational article about using blogs as a writing tool not only by adults and college students, but in primary grades as well. Blogging has various advantages to promote learning in children. It makes writing not only interesting but also promotes awareness and understanding about other cultures. How much children can learn by exchanging a teddy bear with classes, taking him home for sleepovers, traveling, and sharing with their families, and then commenting on their blogs. Bloggers are easy in use. Pictures can be easily attached to postings, audio feature allows students with difficulty in keyboarding to leave a recorded message. Blogging is a great way to motivate students because blogging projects published on the Web give children a sense of ownership. Then parents and relatives can read and leave comments. How exciting is that!! Finally and most importantly it is save for young students. I believe that blogging improves teaching and makes learning effective and motivating.
Hi Olga,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you... When I went to school, we had "pen pals," we basically exchanged letters with other school children regularly. However, blogging makes student engagement so much stronger, as you get to view pictures, video, and other things along with the postings.
"It makes writing not only interesting but also promotes awareness and understanding about other cultures." Great point! I teach at a magnet school for world language and our population is very diverse and I think learning about other cultures is so vital and valuable.
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