BLOG!

I bet everyone of you know what blog is. Maybe you used to have a blog when you were still in high school and it's like your diary where you write every single thing that happened throughout the day. There are many things to talk about in your blog such as foods, fashion, technologies and travels.

                            

There are 4 types of blog which are Weblog, Tutor Blog, Class Blog and Learner Blog.

WEBLOG

This type of blog is commonly used by everyone. Bloggers normally post about their personal life, interests, useful information and etc. Mostly bloggers will set it as a public blog so everyone can view and read their posts but somehow there are some of them who choose to make it private because it touches about their life. Besides that, weblog is used for companies such as businessman, retailers and entrepreneurs to acknowledge new information or news about their companies.

TUTOR BLOG

Secondly, another type of blogs that is known among educators and students is Tutor Blog. As compared to Weblog, this blog is entitled to teacher or educator. Usually the content of the blog will touch about syllabus material, course information, class homework and assignments. Students will refer to this blog to collect useful information in order to complete their task. Besides that, some tutors will update his/her blog sharing their reflections, culture and experiences that are related to the teaching material.

CLASS BLOG

I am sure you are familiar with Class Blog since high school and it is widely used among students. It is shared between class members and teachers as well. They can post contents that are related to the lessons so that it would be easier for the students to refer. Furthermore, class blog can be a site where students can have discussions  them while their teacher acts as a moderator. Teachers will always have to guide them because students might get distracted to browse other websites that are not related to their class blog.

LEARNER BLOG

This blog is considered students' personal blog where they can post daily about almost anything for example journal, reflections, personal thoughts and their interests. No one can access the blog but them. When they keep posting on the blog, it will improve their writing skill and cognitive thinking. Nevertheless, it is difficult for teachers to implement because it takes more time and effort to make it effective.

Do you ever wonder what is the purpose of blogs Does blog bring any good to us? 

Nowadays, technology is getting advanced and improved in order to help us in many ways. Most schools, colleges or offices do have blogs for their own purpose. In schools, teacher will give exercises or handouts to students but by having class blog, students will get extra reading and eventually it will improve their understanding. Besides that, blog can attract passive students' interests to participate in class learning and activities. We have to admit that sometimes there are students who feel shy to even talk to their teacher and so this is one of the alternatives to change this situation. When students are home or outside from school, there are chances that they might not do revision so they can simply log in to class blog and read the materials posted. Students tend to communicate more with their friends and build a closer relationship between them.

Thank you!