Blogs
are generally an informal website and is destined to become
powerful tool for e-learning and knowledge management. It
is a website where the entries are updated and usually maintained
by any single author; such entries are often accompanied by
links to other blogs that the site’s editor visits frequently.
In the year 1999 blogging softwares arrived in the scenario
enabling people to post their content on any desired website.
Such softwares come with a personal website for those who
do not have one. The weblog software and weblog models are
proving to be increasingly useful only to push the inspiring
and innovative developments. Such models include information
and knowledge management, community building, publishing and
journalism, teaching, learning & collaboration and course
management systems
Users can generate any idea in his
mind, and while sharing with other people all over the world,
they can get interesting feedbacks, based on which one can
develop an idea that is a revelation in this space age. It
is also seen that many innovative teachers encourages their
students to maintain classes and personal school blogs. This
type of encouragements create enthusiasm among the students
who, then, come forward to write, edit, review and publish
content, in addition to some valid criticism to their fellow
colleagues and friends. The teachers make various articles
available to their students, which help them in assessing
the ability and thinking pattern of their students.
According to former MTV dj Adam Curry, children
are like vain and desire, and require an audience for their
thoughts and achievements. The children should get more involved
with the websites rather than what is required to post a few
articles in the web. Thus, school blogs can be the own voice
or the soapbox for the children.