Blogging the better writer
Filed in archive Edublogs by mstandaert on August 26, 2004
From the Sun Herald, a piece about how blogging may help teens improve their writing skills.
Students now come to college with years of online writing experience, putting them ahead of the game for research papers, says Blackmon, who studies computers and writing as well as minority rhetoric.
The best part is when they get on the computer to write to friends. They don't view it as work or learning, but see it as fun, she says.
By routinely using a blog, a kind of cyber hangout for journaling and information gathering, young writers master
sourcing and critical thinking.
Students now come to college with years of online writing experience, putting them ahead of the game for research papers, says Blackmon, who studies computers and writing as well as minority rhetoric.
The best part is when they get on the computer to write to friends. They don't view it as work or learning, but see it as fun, she says.
By routinely using a blog, a kind of cyber hangout for journaling and information gathering, young writers master
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