As the world becomes more and more connected the future is the web. As a future librarian, it seems that even as I write this post new technologies whether they be sites or programs are coming up and going down. Blogs are one of the oldest social networking tools that people have had available to them. They have without a doubt gotten shinier, faster, and all together cooler but their essence is the same and their basics have spawned the next generation of social networking sites(facebook; Myspace; etc.).
It has to be said that students in this day and age when it comes to new technology they probably have a head start on their educate. It's among terms like "crib-side-computers" that educators of this new generation are obligated to find new ways to show students this basic foundation in an interactive way might not be new and surprising product in itself, but the proper integration into the education system and the application of these tools can excite them in ways that educators have never had the power to do.
Now in a world of interconnectedness blogging becomes a necessary tool of becoming a part of the international membership that is the world wide web. With that in mind, preparing any student in today's world is a task in preparing them for both a physical world of business and universities but also a digital world of blogs and sites of all types; and the classroom needs to reflect that.
