THE BLOG AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

THE BLOG – A NEW EDUCATIONAL ONLINE RESEARCH RESOURCE

The Digital Internet Revolution has opened up a vast new World of Knowledge and Information of immense proportions. The Blog has enabled Educationalists, scholars and special interest groups to communicate Knowledge speedily and globally to audiences of every description.

Authors can create a Blog very easily – and upload their material onto the Global Internet fast. They can amend their research material instantly and they can encourage researchers to establish Discussion Forums across the World thereby widening the range of Knowledge in a particular subject. As an Educational Resource The Blog has become very popular amongst students and Education Professionals.

My Blog has been online for just over one year. I have posted some 40 articles in the following subject areas -

• Music Education
• Political Science
• Current Affairs

People of all backgrounds are using The Blog to make their voices heard throughout the World.

This will let them overcome the Forth Knox Barriers of the Literary Agents and the Publishing Companies – The Publishing Companies say – We do not accept unsolicited Manuscripts. You mys go via a Literary Agent. The Literary Agent will say – We have too many clients.... we do not think that your Manuscript fits in to our Portfolio. The Voice of the Ordinary Citizen is too often not heard except for a few seconds on Newsnight or BBC QuestionTime.

Sometimes, the citizen might get a Letter to the Editor published in a National or Local Newspaper.

If the citizen tries to get an article published, the citizen faces a Brick Wall – We have our own journalists.

So, I applaud the new media to help get the voices of the citizens heard.

Although the Blog articles are primarily aimed at A Level and Degree Level students, they are also of interest to The Adult Audience and Government officials.

There is no doubt ion my experience that The Blog has great potential in Primary Education since more and more 5 – 15 year old children become Computer Literate.

My Blog is – www.eurekys.bogspot.co.uk

It has attracted many thousands of readers form many countries.

My article – The Revolution in the Online Digital Music Industry ( 2013 ) is one of the most comprehensive articles about Online Music Publishing. It is a good example of how a Blog article can help students and reduce the risk of financial failure with their music projects.

This also applies to Business Asdvice paricularly for the SMEs – The Small Medium Enterprises

The blog will become more important as an educational tool. Where there is a shortage of Teaching Staff, The Blog and Centralised TV Productions can enable students of all subjects to learn jointly and collabarate through Social Media and Mass Real Time Television of Ket Subjects.

The Global Net can help bridge the gap between Nations and perhps play a role in developing peaceful understanding and links between students of every Nation.

The Knowledge Society combined with the Digital Age is here to stay. There are dangers that need to be monitored but on the whole the Blog is a tool for good and faster learning.

The growth of the iPad which brings portability and internet access will help considerably to widen the use of Internet streamed educational programmes.