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Ryan	Tyler	Damian
Christian	Ting-Wei	Jason
Jack D	Morgan	Kaelim
Alycia	Waimere	Giorgia
Kayla	Libby	Annabelle
Emelia	Molly	Fiona
Lucy	Holly	Juliet
Amy	Samantha	Tiana
Kyle	Darbie	Jack M
Dylan	Aysha	Jake

The importance of students having individual blogs.

Writing For An Audience - I believe that it is wise for students to learn to write for the worldwide internet audience. What is your purpose and who are your readers? They also learn to write for an audience using different mediums. For example, it may be visual, abbreviated, using an infographic, or a thing link. There are a huge number of different apps I’d like my students to learn to use.

Connecting Family With School - It is important that parents/caregivers can know where their children are at with their learning; a blog is an ideal way for them to see this. It gives an insight into not only their learning, but their skills, attitudes and work levels.

Writing Mileage - By regularly writing, I am hoping that all of my students will become more skilled at writing longer, well thought out, robust pieces of writing.

Internet Safety (Developing A Positive Digital Footprint) - There is no denying that students now have a digital footprint. As a teacher, I don’t think we can ignore or suppress this, which is why I believe in students having an educational blog. I think it is important for students to learn how wide-ranging anything they write on the internet is. Through their blogs, they learn about using photos wisely, not using their last names, realising that what is posted can never go away. Students learn about moderating comments and spam.

Global Connections - We live in a global community. A blog is a way to begin connecting with this community. We can learn a lot about the world through the way students are educated. Through their blogs, students can connect with students in schools all over the world.

Blogs Invite Feedback - It is important that we learn to both give and receive feedback. Through our blogs we have learned about giving feedback in a skilled way). It is also important to know how to respond to feedback, blogging gives students the opportunity to practice this.

Recording Their Schooling (Both Academically & The Activities) - A blog is a great place for students to journal their school (and sometimes their lives too). It provides a record of things that can be forgotten over time.

These are but some of the reasons why our class are learning to blog this year.