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Teaching blogging to children and teens in Grades 1-12. Tips for authoring and commenting upon blog posts.

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Teach Students New Writing Skills with Blogging

Blogging is a unique form of writing that presents students with new challenges. Taking advantage of students’ keen interest in technology and combining it with language arts curriculum objectives allows teachers to use one project to create productive as well as highly motivating lessons. Students as Consumers of Information Traditional classroom writing assignments have students …

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5 Benefits for Teachers When Students Blog

Since blogging is done online, there are some unique benefits for teachers that are not produced by other traditional writing assignments.   Student blogs allow teachers to: Access student work anytime from anywhere. Since blogs are online, a teacher can access the content from virtually any computer device. This makes reviewing writing assignments convenient. Stop …

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Benefits for Students When They Comment on Blogs

The benefits to blogging go beyond writing the posts. There are numerous learning opportunities created by reading and commenting upon blog posts. This activity allows students to: Improve reading skills. To comment upon a blog, it must first be read. Blogs expose students to a wide variety of writing styles, purposes, and points of view. …

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12 Benefits for Students When They Become Bloggers

Blogging is a unique literacy activity that has many benefits. The process of writing posts allows student bloggers to: Become reflective learners. When students use a blog to share their ideas or reflect upon their work, it allows them to develop a deeper understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, values and beliefs, and identifies areas …

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