Review Essay: The New Influence in Writing, Blog-Writing

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  When we are having writing assignments, what do you usually do? First, students have papers or handouts from their classes and they fill the paper with their hands. However, now the technology developed. Students check their assignments with internet websites and they usually type in their own websites, Microsoft Word, etc. Some send their writings with their emails, and some print their typed essay and handout to their teachers. How boring even the technology developed enough! Then, let's have a new idea. For have a fun with writing assignments, what will you do? Did you think that 'social network' could be one of the ways to write? We could use social network to do your writing assignment, such as blogs. Isn't this new and fresh? Actually this is from GLPS camp writing class. Let's have a look of it.

   In the first day of the GLPS writing class, students are having a Gmail account. Then they make their own blog with their Gmail account in 'Blogspot' for free! When they are done, then let's start to have FUN! But before, you need to understand about 'Blog-Writing' first. What is the advantage of blog-writing? First, it is fascinating. Usually most academies or schools let students their revise papers, and students just trash it. In the other hand, this blog-writing is trying for the new type of education. They could feel their amusement when they are decorating and uploading their blogs to make it better. By changing its skins, adding the gadgets, editing the videos and pictures in their writings, they could enjoy their writing than before. Second, they are comfortable. In GLPS camp writing class, students usually update their writing assignments in their blogs. Then students could see others' writings and share it. Also, they could comment for their thinking or opinions to each others' writing. For example, teachers and TAs could be comfortable when they are revising students writings. They also reply on students' writings and sometimes, they copy them and revise it. While teachers or TAs are busy, they could also check on their spare time with their computers, or also smartphone. Lastly, we could save our writings forever when we do not delete our blogs. Students trash their revised handouts from their teachers. However, when we are using our blogs, we could edit them and see it later that what we had done before.

    This could bring a huge effect on the education and later, other subjects, not only writing could also use this idea. I wish this idea could be known to people and spread to other schools or academies.