Using blogs for writing

Individual blog journals can be a joint project for the English and Computer departments.  The blogs do not have to be published online for security purposes since the most important here are the processes involved.

Students can be taught basic web development through designing their own blogs. They can write at least three paragraphs worth of  entries per week. These entries should still observe correct  writing mechanics such as spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Subject matter can be given by the teacher or can be chosen by the students; it really is up to the teacher.

The actual work can be done in computer class. The English teacher can obtain all the saved pages of a class in one disk to be corrected.