Why Use Blog with Students?

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I have been asked to comment upon blogging with students. As I said in my first entry on this blog in August 2014, "I have been inspired by Ann Michaelsen, Sandvika vgs, to start using blog in International English this year. So, I'm about to descend in deep water - where I trust my students will help me survive." If I now go back to my first posts, I can see a development in my blog, but also in my students' blogs, which are now much more interesting to watch and read than at the beginning of the year. In my opinion, blogging has a positive impact on students' written work; when they know that everybody can see it, they consider more closely what they publish and they try to get the grammar right. It is a space for learning, not just for the students, but for me as their teacher too. I get the chance to write about topics that interest me and challenge my writing. If you follow this link, you will see that Ann Mikaelsen and I are not the only ones using blogs with students.

3D Printing - Additive Manufacturing - the Fourth Industrial Revolution

This Pizza is in fact printed! Could 3D printed food be the answer to how to end starvation in the world? Could it be the answer to finding medicine that will cure life threatening diseases? Could it give people who need it a new organ? The Fourth Industrial revolution is here and who knows where it will take us - the future is here already and you had better hang on to it - if not, you will probably end up on the dole or on a "basic universal income". Watch my Prezi which you will find to the right under the heading "Useful Links" to learn more.