The Pedagogy of Blogs

It's not crazy to think we can educate and offer educational experiences through blogs.  With students interacting with technology so much, it may actually be a way of communicating with the youth of today on their level.
I've learned through researching different educational blogs that a class blog of school blog is a mass communication form for students (3).  It's a central place a student can go to for information and a place to pose (or in this case), post their own questions (2).
Something I found really neat was teachers who created their own class blog and their students then had their individual blogs all linked to the class or teachers blog (1).  What a great way to submit an assignment.  No long does the individual need to carry the pesky poster to class-just post it.  No longer can a child claim-the teacher lost my assignment.  This is much like what college students (4) are doing with their online learning systems.  Having students blog is way to condition a student into the world of technology.

(1) http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233
(2) http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1638
(3) http://oakridgefifthgrade.edublogs.org/
(4) https://online.usu.edu/
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