What is a blog?

A blog is basically a website, with journal entries. ANYONE can create one. ANYONE can read them. ANYONE can comment on one.

A blog can be used in the classroom. Students can read blogs that give them diffrent perspectives on current events, and comment and ask questions. Students can also keep their own blogs about what they have learned in the classroom over a period of time, or what they thought of school events, such as assemblies. In that way the teacher can treat it like an essay, but the students are gaining valuable computer skills such as typing, as well as working on their writing skills.