My opinion about blogs

I was not familiar with blogs before. I have heard of them, but never open one or read someone elses. I though they were simply to share with friends, I have not considered them as part of education. Yet, so far I think I like the idea of using them in the classroom. it is really easy to access a variety of information and students can reply to whatever they find interesting, new, or even bad. Besides, they will need to justify their thoughts to a bigger audience. I cannot think of a better way to engage them in reading and writing with a context and audience on mind.