Pros and Cons of blogging

Moderating and Ethnics for the Classroom Instructional Blog
Patricia Deubel, Ph.D., "Moderating and Ethics for the Classroom Instructional Blog," T.H.E. Journal, 2/26/2007, http://www.thejournal.com/articles/20292

Pros and Cons of using blogging in the traditional classroom:

Pros: Open forum for questions/ enhanced classroom discussion
Online collabortion between students
Can be used for peer to peer help
Can be used to post assignments
Classroom management
Communication between parents/faculty/community

Cons: Can be used negatively, for a personal agenda
It may need to be required in order to keep to blog active


Other links to articles
Kuhn, M. (2005). C.O.B.E.--A proposed code of blogging ethics. Retrieved February 9, 2007 from http://rconversation.blogs.com/COBE-Blog%20Ethics.pdf

Long, P. (2002) Blogs: A Disruptive Technology Coming of Age? Campus Technology. Retrieved February 9, 2007 from http://campustechnology.com/article.asp?id=6774

Muilenburg, L., & Berge, Z. (2000). A framework for designing questions for online learning. The American Journal of Distance Education. Retrieved February 9, 2007 from http://www.emoderators.com/moderators/muilenburg.html