Pros and Cons to Blogging

I believe that there are several more pros to educational blogging than cons. Teachers who have a classroom blog can use it as an essential management tool. Not only can teachers post links to helpful educational websites, but also assignments can be posted for the students to complete. Today’s society is depending more on technology and it is beneficial that the teachers incorporate technology as much into the student’s curriculum as possible. Classroom blogs not only are for the students, but for the parents as well. With a blog, parents can view what has been going on in the classroom lately along with up to date posts by the teacher. Most adults are on the computer daily. Having an online blog about their child’s class will encourage them to be more involved.

As one can see, there are many pros to having an educational blog. I am not so sure as to what a con would be. Perhaps having students turn in assignments online would encourage plagiarism more since a search bar would be right at their fingertips. Also, some students may not have as much access to a computer when away from school.

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