Blogging in a classroom

I think daily journaling is important for students of all ages. My son James had several teachers who used journals as daily self-starts and HE HATED IT. He doesn't like to write and his handwriting is, he admits, illegible. He would only write sentences like, "Yesterday was fun." I am sure that if, instead of paper and pencil, he was instructed to post on his blog, he would write a lot more. He is in 8th grade now, still hates writing, but has two blogs and a website AND HE WRITES ALL THE TIME ON THEM! I hope I have the technology available in my classroom to be able to have daily blogging for my students.