LT4_Act5

Blogging and micro-blogging have been absent from education due to the lack of teachers who know enough about them to use them as a tool. I also think that many teachers have a negative view of Myspace, Twitter, and many others. Also, the media and news fills our minds with stories of cyber-bullying and teachers want to avoid the facilitation of such situations. By the way this question is worded, it seems as though micro-blogging is more accepted, but I would have to disagree. I feel as though blogs have become more accepted in all areas including education. I have heard of teachers having their students blog or follow the teacher’s blog, but I have never heard of a teacher asking students to “tweet.” I’m sure it happens, but just not in my personal experiences.