How Educational Leaders Might Use Blogs

Educational Leaders can use blogs to encourage writers and responders to develop thinking, analytical, and communication skills. Some important facts about blogs are:

• Blogs are brief, to the point. Blogs encourage writers to express the main ideas about a topic.
• Blogs are stored online and remain as an e- portfolio.
• Blogs can link to other websites and provide additional information on a topic.
• Blog publishing is very quick, students are often eager to post comments and see their ideas online for others to see.
• Blogs allow creativity, collaboration, communication, connections, and critical thinking.