A Vail Dailyarticle says young students in Glenwood Springs are using blogs to become more appreciative of writing and take pride in their work. The article lists some responses to a question posted on the class blog about whether or not there should be more or less homework.
It was a recent question to third-graders in Shellie Dix's class blog at Glenwood Springs Elementary School.
"I want less homework," Maia wrote. "I think we are really good at writing so we don’t need that for homework. I think we have the hang of math. I think we could read independently. I think we should have more reading at school and less at home.
"Please can we have less homework?"
But there are more posts asking for more homework instead of less.
"Ms. Dix I want more homework!" Grace wrote. "If you give us more homework we'll be so cool. I will be 100% more smart. I will tell you the fifth-graders are going to say ... wow they are smart."
Most of these classroom blogs are closed to outside Internet visitors so the students get to experience blogging with just teachers and fellow students. Some of the educational blogging software available also allows students to blog from home. The article also mentions classrooms using Oracle's Think.com software. They quote a teacher who says some students enjoy blogging so much they even give up recess time.
