Blogging newbie makes great discovery!!

First, I must declare myself a newbie to the blogging world. It is with nervous excitement that I am exploring the uses of blogging in the classroom. In my search, I have discovered a fantastic peer-reviewed journal on the Internet. In the journal "first monday"(www.firstmonday.org/) I found the article "The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom", by David Huffaker. The author recognizes digital fluency as a type of literacy and declares it a prerequisite skill for sociability, lifelong learning and employment opportunities. It is worth your time to read it. Of particular interest to me was the section that shared examples of blogs in practice.