So why should he blog?

Well we are finally starting to break through and drum up some interest in this new technology!! 2 of our Senior School Teachers have asked about setting up blogs for use with their classes. This all seems a bit surreal at present as LG and I have been pushing the message for so long, but I do also feel the excitement as things are starting to happen. We have our Junior (k-4) classes about to start using blogs as well.

One of our Senior School teachers who has an “Australian History” class has started a blog to use with his students. After spending a fair bit of time working on the content and doing a fantastic page heirachy so its really well laid out he asked:

So tell me again why I am using a blog and not just putting it on our School Portal?

I’ve responded with my initial thoughts, becomes a living thing rather than just static content, allows Collaboration etc, but thought I’d throw it out to you all for comment.

What are your thoughts and responses to his question?