Part six of my seven part series: Why you should let your children blog.
6. Practice communicating
This is separate from writing skills. The ability to write at it’s most basic is the ability to express an idea. Communicating in real life is often so much more than using words in the proper order–it is explaining, teaching, persuading, arguing and so on.
Refine skills of dealing the with others with confidence. Answering questions authoritatively, giving advice, dealing with conflicting opinions (within reason).
Work collaboratively. If working as a group on some group blogs, reinforces cooperative collaboration.
