Why use Blogger in education?

Blogger works with Gmail account – most students have a Chrome sign in and it works as part of that. We found that we can post some script form Facebook videos and embed YouTube videos to it. Students finding it very good for formative and cumulative portfolio work. Should produce something that could be shown to an employer or HE – learning professional online presentation skills Can be a career route, professional Bloggers can attract sponsorship. DRAWBACKS: Students sometimes share the pre-post page link (which can’t be viewed by anyone else) rather than sharing the blog URL In theory, anyone can search and find their Blogs; students need to practice online etiquette, e-safety (personal details) and professional presentation – HE looking at poor grammar and spelling for example: good lesson to learn though.