According to an article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3804773.stm) in the BBC, children as young as seven in one British school are using weblogs as part of their normal routine, and are doing better than non-webloggers as a result. According to junior school teacher John Mills, "the children enjoy using the weblogs so much that they happily do extra work at home, even though they've not been given homework to do, and expand their weblogs far beyond the four pages that he suggests they aim for at the start. The school's weblogs project has been so successful that it has just been shortlisted for a New Statesman New Media Award, an annual event highlighting the best web development in the UK. I think that if the students are progressing and enjoying what they are doing while they are progressing, then I'm all for it. Weblogs is a great tool, and I think every school should make an effort to get involved.
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