Use of blogs in teaching and learning

From my perspective, blogs are a powerful yet underrated teaching tool.

Blogs allow the user to post ideas, concepts and viewpoints about any particular subject or issue from which he/she is so inclined.

Blogs don't only just stop there, a user can link up with other blog authors and comment or feedback on what they have written. Of course, the standard netiquette rules would apply when conversing in a blog.

So what really is good about using blogs for teaching? Here are some points for us to think about;

In general, the student is able to write a reviw on the day's lesson, retracing the learning concepts and activities.

In terms of language practice, blogs allow students to practice in writing english and creating short little expositions.

Blogs also allow the student to craft out a respository of sections that pertain to the subjects he/she is interested in. Sections such as "english" "science" "moral education" "games" "PE" can be created to allow the student segmentise their content. Why so? This is to help student organise the information that he/she has gathered during the course of their learning journey.

Blogs don't only allow text. The blog is virtually a mini-space of information where students can use media to express their ideas. Links to resources, news clips and other websites can be added, video, sound and images can be added.

Using blogs and their related tools can really add on to a student's motivation and engagement in their own subjects. Lets not take it lightly and harness it to enhance our own teaching experience.

What do you think?