Why are Blogs Popular and What are Their Benefits?

Blogs are very popular with children aged 13-19 and young adults aged 20-29.  They give people the opportunity to publish on the Internet their thoughts and reflections of issues important to them.

Children update blogs as regularly as they please – some updating information daily whilst others may only update occasionally or never update their blog at all.

Blogs give children the ability to share their views with friends or the public.  They can improve writing and grammatical skills as well as keyboarding and basic Internet skills.  Some children prefer using blogs over traditional forms of writing.

Parents and teachers can use blogs as creative writing support tools for children.  Safe and private blog systems can be set up on school computers for children to use within their class.