Using blog is helpful for learning

So you’ve heard the term “blog” and you want to know what blogs are all about. Well you’ve come to the right place. In this series of articles we will take you from asking what a blog is to having all the knowledge you need to start a blog of your own.

A blog is a frequently updated online personal journal or diary. It is a place to express yourself to the world. A place to share your thoughts and your passions. Really, it’s anything you want it to be. For our purposes we’ll say that a blog is your own website that you are going to update on an ongoing basis. Blog is a short form for the word weblog and the two words are used interchangeably.

Today, blogs are used by individuals. They are one of the easiest ways to put content up on the Internet for others to learn.  One of the fastest growing trends with blogs today is to use them to help with education. Teachers, professors and even parents are using the flexibility of convenience of the blog platform to help teach students of all ages a wide range of different skills. While it might not be obvious at first, blogs are an incredible educational resource. 

Parents and teachers can use blogs to help teach their kids many different life skills. It is extremely simple to set up a child with their own personal blog on their own website, or to provide them with or family site to be all their own. Parents and teachers can use blogs to provide their kids. 

There are millions of adult students who are looking to learn new skills to better themselves. I’ve got some emails from students who would like to start blogging to improve their writing skills.
Whether a young college student or an adult going back for a degree, they can also benefit from using blogs as a learning tool. Professors can provide all their assignments through the blog interface, so everything is available in one convenient place.