The 21st Century English classroom is convenient and technological. Imagine being in a 1970's English classroom. Your assignment is to research Shakespeare and write down some of your favorite quotes on redemption. This is a pretty tough assignment for the 70's! You would have to go find a Shakespeare book and read until you found something on redemption, and then keep reading to find more. In modern day classrooms, I could go on the computer, go to google, and type in "Shakespeare redemption quotes", copy and paste the first few onto Microsoft word, and print. Now that's conveniently easy! Sometimes we don't realize how lucky we are.
Though blogging isn't something I particularly enjoy, I really can't complain about it. It is a good way to learn to use Internet resources, a book, and my mind to collaborate and come up with interesting things to infer in my blogs. Along with this, being in the 21st Century enables many types of communication. We can even work with a school across the state on blogging. Now that's pretty cool.
Blogging also enables us with the freedom to work at our own pace, and read at our own pace. If we read aloud in class, people would be drifting off, struggling to keep up, or just pretending to pay attention. With blogging, you have to read your own book on your own time and then talk about it. This helps shape personal responsibility in all of us and helps us learn to interpret the text individually, without the help of a teacher. Blogging makes students more independent.
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