למידה, אינטרנט ... ומה שביניהם

If we extrapolate from these ideas to the issue of the benefits from blogging etc, the question then becomes, not "Will students benefit from blogging?" but "Will students gain any more from blogging than they would from any other approach?", or "How much benefit will the students gain from blogging, given that blogging is an add-on to all the other things they're doing?"

If, for example, the culture of the school is such that students are not used to any form of self-expression, it isn't fair on them to suddenly introduce blogging in all its glory.

I have always held that teachers (and everyone else) will use technology that solves a problem for them. Teachers do not really see delivering content as a problem. it’s what they were trained to do.

realize that it isn’t about technology, but about a new information landscape and that only from digital, networked, and overwhelming information will we be able to adequately teach our children.

They’re old school, old web, but I think they should come back. Blogs are fantastic for publishing (and conversation) and wikis are nearly perfect for collaboration (and conversation). But the web application that was designed explicitly for conversation was discussion boards, and they’ve been with us for a long time.