Students Using Blogs

   A few years ago, my then 10 year old nephew decided to deep a blog while he and his parents were living in Washington DC for a few months.  With this blog, he was able to stay in touch with his friends and family.  Not only that, but he was able to post on his daily adventures.  He wrote about the museums and monuments that he visited for that particular day.  His friends would write him back with questions, and he would respond.  This made him feel important because he was able to share and teach about his own experiences. 
   My sister homeschools my nephew, and this was to be part of his technology, language arts, and history grade.  Even three years ago, she was incorporating the TPCK strategy (she probably didn't know that term, though...).  I think that students should keep journals, and write in them everyday; however, I believe keeping a blog would be just as useful.  The resources for typing in their blogs during school may be limited.  If just one day a week, the students could post a journal entry via the Web, that would be better than not using this tool at all.  Students could also do a blog concerning a synopsis of the topics of their paper journals for that week.  There are many ways to incorporate a blog into the classroom and in students' lives.