Thoughts on blogging in education

In the future there is a lot of potential for blogging in the classroom. It allows for an open ended discussion, where the students could join the conversations at their own convenience and pace. This gives kids time to reflect on their answers yet still be in a "real time" discussion. It is an excellent filing system for all the class work. Papers will not get lost as easily, not to mention how good it is for conserving resources. Teachers and students both have a way of keeping track of the activities and ideas of each other in a way that is unique from the classroom. However, I do hope it never becomes the only way that teachers and students as well as students and students interact. If blogging does take hold I hope the classroom setting remains one of the places where classroom discussions happen. There is just simply an advantage and necessity to that type of interaction and still a lot of potential for improvement (smaller classrooms etc..). The computer is a major part of our society and will probably be more so in the future.  The only major downside is that this would give the kids who own computers a greater convenience and advantage in the class.