Blogging gives teachers a way of giving questions to students. It takes away some of the stress that a teacher has from making a lesson plan. They could give a student a research paper knowing that they could find all the answers to the report at Google or Wikipedia. Teachers could also print out worksheets to give to their students for homework or classwork. teachers could even get their lesson plan off the Internet at a teachers help site.
Schools can also benefit from blogging. They could go online for help with their homework because there are a lot of homework outlines online now a days. It could be another whole class in which the school can have. It could bring their school into the 21st century because now it is important for the ways of teaching to keep up with today's constantly changing technology. It could help school by making the school more top rated by being an advanced school. Also it is good for a school to teach kids how to use the computer because it open up a whole new field of work for the student. It is proven that 75% of kids who use the computer at home with their homework better understand the assignment and have a better chance of completing or passing it.
Blogging in schools gives students a chance to find out how to properly research a topic. That could help them in all subjects in the way that students will be more aware of researching and will be able to find the right information for reports. It also gives students a chance to realize they can have a "voice" online and participate in the world via Internet. It gives students time to think about their thoughts of a topic and then they could reflect on what they learned. 45% of kids who use computers in school pay attention more and actually did their work. This is due to the fact that they are typing and looking on the web and not just coping notes.
As you can see blogs are very helpful for education. It helps students,parents,teachers and schools. It mostly helps students which will need to know how to do everything online by the time they are looking for a job. In a few years everything will be on the computer. Your interview for a job might be via webcam in few years!
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