They are Learning to write and they've got Readers

I have yet another article from the website i get daily newsfeeds from-ASCD Smartbrief keeps me update on all types of education news. One of yesterdays article was called "They're learning to write, and they've got readers. I skimmed through it Sunday night and saved the article to read for this weeks blog entry. This article talks about young students learning to have and mange thier very own blogs in the classroom. It talked about how teachers are excited to introduce blogs to thier classrooms because it gets the children interested and excited. Blogs give children a voice and platform to be heard on. The kids in the article were a 3rd grade class and they worked on everything from internet safety, internet manners, and overall writing concepts, such as staying on topic, no "text talk", and a bunch of other stuff that will help them in the long run with the ever-growing technology presence.

What i learned from this article was that children have a unique voice and we as teachers should always have something up our sleeves with ways to creatively and safely let those voices be heard.
Again i know that i reused the same website but when i looked at this article i found it so similar to us and our blogs in this class. A chance to express what we read and find interesting in the website or online journals about technology I could not resist.

What i want to continue learning about blogs in the classroom is how teachers find ways to keep blogging interesting and still safe for younger children to use.