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3. RATIONALE FOR USING BLOG IN EDUCATIONThere are numerous reasons for using blogs in education, such as to provide a real audience forstudent writing, to provide extra reading practice for students, to increase the sense ofcommunity in a class, to encourage students to participate, to create an online portfolio of studentwritten work (Stanley, 2005). The novelty factor creates student interest in starting to use blogs.It is claimed that blogs work best when learners get into the habit of using them. If learners arenot encouraged, blogs can quickly be abandoned.Blogs are well suited to serve as on-line personal journals for students, particularly since theynormally enable uploading and linking of files. Language learners could use a personal blog,linked to a course, as an electronic portfolio, showing development over time. By publishing theblog on the Internet, the student has the possibility of writing for readers beyond classmates, notusually possible in discussion forums. Readers in turn can comment on what they're read,although blogs can be placed in secured environments as well. Self-publishing encouragesownership and responsibility on the part of students, who may be more thoughtful (in contentand structure) if they know they are writing for a real audience. This same degree of personalresponsibility is lacking in discussion forums.
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