You deserve some info, research and support on blogging.
Web 2.0 in the Classroom has collected an impressive collection of links to answer most of the questions the skeptic or resistant learner could ask regarding the educational value of blogging. The links are organized with basic info on top, and grouped helpfully. For example if you need to know why before you do something in class….scroll down to pedagogy. I prefer the term andragogy and have posted on that – though I have no evidence anyone appreciated the joke or the cartoons. To quote This is Spinal Tap “there is a fine line between brilliant….and stupid.” Do we all walk that line when we write? Should we? More on that when I finish reading this round of papers – which have walked the brilliant side far more frequently than the other.