An important item to remember when blogging is to have something meaningful to say about the blog and to be sure that your statement relates to the subject of the blog. It's great to share ideas but it's important to focus on the statement and to expand on the idea that was presented. After discussing the idea it is then nice to give a personal opinion or site an experience but these should be relevant to the initial idea presented in the blog. Asking questions and comments are only great if they relate to the subject being discussed.
At school, I could post a blog about a book and invite students to comment. Posting a commet would encourage the children to think about their ideas about the book, it would help them with their technology skills in commeting about the blog, and of course it would help their writing skills as they learn to write a statement about my comments about the book. It would teach students to write a meaningful passage about a narrow subject.
We can all improve our writing by following the 10 guidlines for writing blogs.
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Your idea about having students comment on a book was interesting to me. I especially liked the way you tied it to good writing and writing about a narrow topic. In the age of texting is some times writing on a computer can be linked to not so great writing. I agree with you that if used properly it can be a tool for good writing.
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