I must admit I will agree with your comment that students are accustom to texting, and chatting on a daily basis. I do stand by my statement that blogging is something students do on a daily basis too. Although students may not host a full commentary on a subject relevant to education they will talk about their life and voice their opinions on their MySpace page.

I completely agree with your statement on how writing is a higher order of skill. I do think this skill can be demonstrated in a well-constructed blog post. Teachers can help develop this skill by using a classroom blog that will allow student to think critically about what they are posting. A classroom blog may allow student not only to write but also add pictures, videos and link to other powerful blogs.

I feel that students do use blogs as a way to communicate by leaving comments, and linking to other blogs and sources. I guess I would categorize this as “ Micro-blogging”, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging. I do see this type of communication prevalent in today’s students personal and school lives. Perhaps this form of blogging is not the way you or I use a blog but I still feel it has some validity.

Thank you for your comment! I do see where you are coming from and I really like your blog ☺

I do disagree with the comment that students today are accustomed to blogging and use blogs on a daily basis. Students are absolutely accustomed to chatting, texting, and general e-banter and do so on a daily basis. If blogging is a form of writing that is more complete in its structure and style, and reflects the writers beliefs/opinions/views, that is a higher order skill which is not in the everyday interactions typically found online. IMHO, blogging is a skill that needs developing/fostering just as “old school” writing does.