Digital Tools: Blogs

Positives: 
- Allows for student feedback/comments on topic
- Gives an opportunity for students to share ideas\
- Doesn't allow for inappropriate altercations

Negatives: 
- Doesn't allow appropriate change on students behalf
- Doesn't give the viewers the freedom that wiki's do
- one opinion
- Not as good for group work as wiki's

Interests: 
- Breaks confidence boundaries. Students who are shy can voice there opinion
- For school, Blog posts would need to be short and too the point. Long blog posts tend to dishearten the students from reading them
- Allows students to read/review/ catch up on work done during school.


In and out of the schooling context, blogs are an excellent way to share information. It allows for students to read/review information, given by the teacher, after schooling hours are over. . By using a blog, teachers can select particular information and elaborate for students who are struggling. Students can access the blog and provide feedback for the teacher whether or not the blog post helped. 
Blogs also have the potential to revolutionize homework. Teachers can post information on their blog in many forms that engage and induce thinking into the students. Posts can be in the form of text, videos or photos. By doing this, Teachers can prepare the students for lessons to come and also monitor the views on there blog. This way they will be able see which students are using this tool to their benefit and which are neglecting the tool.
Personally, I find that if a blog is bland, it is uninteresting because it doesn't catch my eye. I cant imagine how a student would maintain the attention to read a blog that has a boring lay out. This, however is not the usual case for blogs as they allow for almost full customization, and allow the posting of videos, voki's, and other interactive media.
The interaction capacity is limited by the media content the blogger decides to post and the viewers inability to change the web page. This can be seen as a positive though as the teachers are in full control of the content being posted for the access of students.
Blogs are a great way to express information, ideas and interest for all internet goers to see. My ideas for their use in the classroom are just a few of many constructive possibilities. When I become a teacher, blogs will be used for engagement, homework and student feedback, so that I can maximise their potential.
Blogs are a great way to express information, ideas and interest for all internet goers to see. My ideas for their use in the classroom are just a few of many constructive possibilities. When I become a teacher, blogs will be used for engagement, homework and student feedback, so that I can maximise their potential. 


Blogs are capable of great customization compared to wiki's. This customization allows for a relation to form between the layout and design of the blog to its content. This increases the appeal of blogs and makes them look more like a website rather then a blog.