Where do you blog?
WHERE do you blog? is the most common question after age/sex/location on the internet today.
So reads the opening lead on the article from India entitled New kids on the blog.
Gitika Talwar, 23 has been blogging for 4 months. Her blog tackles social issues.
Vishal Patel, 24, has been blogging for 2 years. His blog is dedicated to 1980s and Chacha Chowdhary.
Geetanjali Shrivastava, 22, has been blogging a year and 4 months. Her blog is about literature and poetry.
Meher Mirza, 23, has been blogging for 45 days. He blogs on movie reviews, humour, books and personal thoughts.
Each of these bloggers give their reasons for blogging, what they have learned, and tell about weird blog experiences.
This was a timely article to read, especially in light of our recent communications about blogging, writing, feelings… It’s exciting to me that we can be a part of teaching younger kids the responsibility of it and the “how to” of making their writing voice one that will be heard, and better yet, maybe even respected.
I think Emily and kids like her are going to add to the equation and perhaps come up with something even better than we can imagine. I don’t know if it will be on weblogs or some new tool that takes us all to different levels. It is exciting to just think about. Meanwhile I’m going to keep the dialogue going with the kids and keep working on ways to make writing come alive for them. I am going to encourage them to take risks in their learning and writing. They’re going to give us the answers. Our challenge is to steer them toward issues that matter. Then seize the opportunity to develop ways to generate and develop topics that matter to them. Then get them to write! And the even bigger challenge is to try to get other educators on board exploring possibilities so lots more kids can be writing!
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