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The Blogosphere: Outside the classroom, beyond class hours

I started using web logs in class in June 2005 in my Electronic Newsroom 2 class. Back then, my ABMC 4 (Batch 2006) students were required to create their own web logs which I visited for checking of articles. The only thing I had in mind then was to have a clutter-free, paperless class . I thought every paper must be turned in online to avoid piling of yellow papers waiting to be checked on my desk . The response of the students to the blogging activity was positive. They seemed to enjoy it because most of them were Internet savvy. This response encouraged me to redesign my blogging strategy in 2006 with another batch of E-newsroom 2 class. I modified the activity by requiring the students to visit and post comments on each of their classmates' blogs. This way, blogging became more interactive.The students were conscious of what they wrote on their blogs knowing that their teacher and classmates were reading and making comments. This made the students became aware of &quo

A Compilation of the Cards that kept VIRNIEL's (VIRginia and DaNIEL)love alive