Blogs in High School

I am glad that we learned how to create blogs because I have a couple of friends who keep blogs and I have always felt so left out. Now, I'm part of the it group, right?

My brother teaches in Brooklyn, New York and he implements blogs into his high school English class on a weekly basis. He posts topics on the blog and then has his students respond to the blog either in class or at home. He has asked that my mom and I occasionally post blogs and add our own little insight. It has been an eye-opener to read some of his students opinions and ideas. He is struggling his students lack of spell check, grammar, and capitalization - their thoughts and ideas are there, they just lack organization. He is afraid that if he stresses the micro side of writing, he might lose the macro side of ideas and opinions.

If you want to see the site, it's www.rolapp.blogspot.com