Reaction to "Why Let Our Students Blog?"

I liked the way this video was set up with first showing a multitude of words that would describe why it is beneficial for students to blog. Some guidelines for helping students set up online blogs are found at Education World. Some of the words listed that stuck out to me were participation, excitement, conversation, literacy and empowerment. I especially liked this list because I think if students can blog their thoughts about school work they can be more excited about the topic and share more than they might out loud in a classroom setting. Also, they can learn to spell and write better and see their blogs responded to. The second smaller part was "to give students a ________". My favorite was "audience". I think that many kids these days, especially younger ones, don't feel that what they have to say is listened to carefully because of their age. Blogging gives students the ability to voice their thoughts, opinions and questions. 21Classes is a site that lets a teacher set up a virtual classroom for free. Click here to visit the "Why Let Our Students Blog" video that this blog references. This reflection is for my online class LAI684.