http://www.masscue.org/publications/archive/educational_blogging.pdf

Educational Blogging, by Stephen Downes, is a short paper describing blogging in modern education. Downes gives two scenerios in which blogging expands education. The elementary students in Quebec City uses blogging to view announcemnets about the class. The students also blog about assignmnets as well as personal issues. Blogging has opened the students eyes to a whole new way of learning.

“I think it’s the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing . . . .”

—Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade student

Downes also discusses Five ways teachers can use blogs in education

1. Use blogs to replace standard webpages
2. Instructors begin to link information relevant to their course on the blog.
3. Blogs are used to organize in class discussion.
4. Instructors use blogs to organize class seminars and provide summaries of readiings.
5. Students can write personal blogs as part of the course.