In Oceanside, CA, fourth- and fifth-graders at Garrison Elementary School blog every night. Through blogging, they’re learning to write better, type fluently and understand how information spreads online.

In the fall, teacher Jon Schwartz started the Kids Like Blogs project so that students could show off their work to friends and family. Now students write their stories on the computer, scan in artwork that they create and publish the stories on their blogs.

Student shares writing and artistic talent

Fourth-grader Nevaeh Clements writes about the adventures of the monkey Bobby Jack and shares her artwork

She said she likes blogging because “I can write on the computer so people can see it.”

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