Research has long shown that students write more, write in greater detail, and take greater care with spelling, grammar, and punctuation, when they are writing to an authentic audience over the Internet.
Blogging -- or Web logging -- most often is thought of as an activity for high school students. Did you know, however, that students as young as kindergarten now blog on a daily basis in a variety of exciting ways?
She stressed the importance of having students write their first blog post on paper. Once they have completed their writing, they hang their posts around the perimeter of the room. The students then use post-it notes to comment on two different blogs. This is where she begins the process of helping students learn to comment effectively.
Interesting idea here about using paper to teach blogging concepts.
I decided that I had to teach my students how to create catchy titles for their blogs so they could entice other people to actually read their writing.