I have utilized blogging in the classroom before. Our school district's home pages allow us to set up a blog. Each student gets an anonymous (to them and everyone else, but not me) screen name. I would put up a variety of discussion questions each day for them to discuss. I had them moderated before they were actually posted to screen out anything that did not belong or was off topic. It went really well and the students really enjoyed it. It was a great way to carry over discussion from the classroom to home.
I think another great way I could utilize a blog is for students to share and discuss current events. Most of my students come to school wanting to share news or things they have heard from the news or newspaper. One of my students this year has a parent that runs our local newspaper.
Daniel, This looks great! You had some great ideas for blogging in the classroom. I'm in China and not all my kids have computers, but I decided to give blogging a try with them this term, and it's working great... And it saves me from marking all the grammar and spelling mistakes my EFL kids would expect me to mark when they hand me a real piece of paper. Yay, internet!
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