Thing #4

After reading several examples of different kinds of blogs I have noticed that most are written in personal narrative style. Blogs are people sharing what they are thinking. Blogs are different than reading books because it is more personal. I feel like I am reading other people’s thoughts and feelings rather than an educational article. Both types of reading can inform the public about many different topics, but blogs do it in more of a personal way. Being able to comment on blogs also makes reading them more personal. In Mr. Meyer's blog Why I Don't Assign Homework many people commented with their opinion on this topic. At some point Mr. Meyer changed is mind on how he felt about assigning homework. This could have been because of what other people shared with him about homework. Also in Patrick's Update lots of people made encouraging comments on his 5th Grade blog. Comments help blogging by motivating and supporting people who share their feelings for the world.

Blogging can facilitate learning in the classroom by encouraging students to share their thoughts and opinions with others. Normally students might not feel as comfortable raising their hand to share what they think as they would online. Also, blogging can teach students to make connections to each other by reading their classmates' blogs. Commenting on each other's blogs will give the students self-confidence that what they have to say is important.