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Yes, some schools do, but that doesn’t make blogs in the education system any less useful for the majority of students that do have access.

I agree. blogs won’t help all disadvantaged students. But I think it will help some. The same way that after school activities and basketball courts help some, but not all. More importantly, we shouldn’t discard blogs as a real option for educating students.

blogs can replace traditional writing exercises, such as pen pal activities or “what I did this summer” essays. Blogs will encourage parent participation. Parents with internet access will be able to see their students writing while at work, on their lunch break, browsing the web.

Why shouldn’t teachers be allowed to freely write about the work they do? Are they under non-discloser agreements? If they do it after work, during off hours it should be fine. Its the teachers option, if they don’t have time, they don’t have to write.

Obviously, the age group and education level blogs should be introduced is up to the teacher. Communities are viral, with 3 million teachers and ten times as many students, saying that “no one” would use or find benefits in a national education blogging system is wrong.

The public education system has layers of standards, methods and rules that must be followed. Online communities on the other hand have structures that are developed and reworked as the community grows. Blogging in education will grow, but educators have to first be willing to think outside the box.