why we should use blog?
i have three reasons :)
• Highly motivating to students, especially those who otherwise might not become participants in classrooms.
We broadly know in education we have several kinds of student, they have some charateristic we may not know about all of them, we can easily check (please click here!) to know those kinds of student, from the text if the student with the type “quite as mouse,” they are rarely participate in the classroom, it would be very hard for the teacher to know their ability in teaching learning process. This type of student are mostly good in writing and deliver their idea in writing, but also some are quite and really quite also about the knowledge, but we can focus on the student are good in writing ability through blog using as the second classroom out of the real classroom.
• Excellent opportunities for students to read and write.
Writing is hugely important, this is such kinds a good opportunity for the student to writing more and develop their writing ability in their blog
Arani (2005) conducted a research on using weblogs to develop writing, reading and communication skillsin English for Specific Purposes among non-native speakers of English at Kashan University of MedicalSciences in Iran [4]. And the results showed that students preferred to write on the weblog than thetraditional ways, and weblogs can improve English in the context of ESP
Tekinarslan (2008) conducted a study on the experiences of an instructor and an undergraduate classwho used blogs in their teaching and learning in Turkey [5]. He reports that blogs as web publishing toolscan be used to improve the students’ writing skills while improving other skills such as informationsearching and literature review skills. Similar results were shown in the study conducted by Davi et al.(2007) [6]. The researhers affirm that blogs can be used in various disciplines as they enhance liberallearning, critical thinking skills, reasonning skills etc. in classrooms.
• Effective forums for collaboration and discussion.
As we know we are supposed to make the class more fun and collaboratively but what can you say if one particular student do not involving well like the other student, may be they say or because od some factors we do not know,
“We know one of the most successful forms of e-learning is collaborative learning done by online through social interactive disscussion. Weblogs build off of this successdull model as a dynamic form of e-learning content and an engaging e-learning experience.” From blown away by RSS feeds & blogs by Paul stacey (2003)
you can find your own reasons :)
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