Project Five Task One
What are the benefits of blogging for students? There are multiple benefits for students to blog. According to David Warlick, author of www.twocentsworth.com, these benefits include 1) web-publishing is available to students of all ages, 2) blogging is a way to publish news and thoughts quickly, making all students journalists, 3) blogs provide great opportunities for students to practice writing more frequently, improving their writing skills, 4) as students blog they participate in public discourse, exchanging and defending ideas, and 5) a key 21st century skill is collaboration, which blogging can be, especially in a school environment. Professional Development Courses