Question: How can a teacher take advantage of blogging for global assignments?
Answer: I think that taking advantage of blogging for global assignments is a great idea. Blogging gives everyone a voice to express their feelings, wishes, opinions, etc... That is an empowering feeling to have your voice heard by just one person, let alone the millions, if not billions, of people theat read blogs or are on the internet. A social studies teacher could give an assignment to their students on the impact of the global economy on third world nations or even take the events currently happening in Egypt, and the students could be asked to just blogs their opinions, views, and feelings (always school appropriate) on the matter. What a great way to get students to research what is happening all around them and to have them thinking critically at the same time. Blogs can create awareness to situations students never would have thought about. If used correctly, I believe that blogging in the classroom could create some incredible minds.
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