"C" posting: The seven-year-old bloggers

This article has a very interesting beginning by starting off with this statement, "Weblogs are sometimes criticised for being the self-obsessed ramblings of people who have little to say and too much time on their hands in which to do it. But there are gems out there - including many sites created by children." This article is about how a group of seven-year-old children in one British school have integrated blogging into their everyday classroom schedule. The article states that the children are doing things to their blogs that are usually accomplished by a 14 or 15-year-old. The teacher of this classroom says that children of this age are usually learning how to copy and paste or change the font in Microsoft word, but he has learning the same features along with making it more interesting by having the students post their thoughts in the blogs. This teachers goal is to see every child with a weblog of their own.

I found this article to be very interesting and surprising at some parts. I know that I am twenty years old and have just learned of weblogs in the past 3 months. I think it is excellent to get these young children started early and getting them involved with the weblogs. I was very surprised when the article said that these seven-year-old students were accomplishing features on the weblogs that are usually accomplished by a 14 or 15-year-old. I think bringing this type of the technology into a classroom of young children is a wonderful idea.

BBC NEWS Magazine The seven-year-old bloggers