1). COMMUNITY BUILDING: When instructors empower students to participate, blogs that are accessible to all offer the opportunity for cultivating and community building not only in the classroom but beyond it as well.
2). FOSTERS SKILLS: Posting allows students to not only contribute to the conversation but to take the discussion to a higher level by extending beyond general course material. As they begin to realize and recognize the power and impact of their posts, students begin to craft with more care. Consequently, they learn how to construct posts that offer well-organized, critical insight.
Long notes that blogs empower students to think of themselves as more than writers but as publishers who can have an impact on peers but the community as a whole.
3). DIVERSITY OF EXPRESSION: Blogs offer an array of ways for students to communicate. They can add posts, comments, podcasts (auditory learners), images, and video (visual learners). Because students generate material, they decide how to best community their ideas.
4). BLURS BOUNDARIES: Long notes that blogging blurs many boundaries.
Student | Teacher |
Semester | Lifetime |
Practice | Theory |
Classroom | World |
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