After creating my blog using Google Blogger I have found blogs are extremely easy to use - just pick a template and type. If required, they are slightly customisable. The simplicity means they are easy to read and are in a "journal" structure where posts are organised by date. I think this is great for classrooms in primary grades, however, the customise option is perhaps too simple for students who possess advanced web development and coding skills and can limit the ability to express their creativity and technological ability.
Blogs are free and accessible by anyone who has an internet connection - to read one or create one. This can be great in the classroom because a blog can be accessed by other students, the teacher, parents at home, or even students on the other side of the world which brings a sense of "global" to education. On the other hand, easy access to create also means that a blog can be a single person's opinion and knowledge - whether or not it is correct because it can be difficult to know the poster's credentials.
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