I think it is a wonderful idea and a great way to open new doors of opportunity for our kids to learn purposeful ways of using their time, the internet, and most of all, develop their wrtiting skills…
I think I will forward this idea to their teachers at school.. It might get them to start a class newsletter…
What a great idea you had!! thanks for sharing this wit us!
Marie

I understand your concerns. I believe many of our generation and older wonder whether our younger generations are wasting their time.

I would suggest you read Don Tapscott, who has been researching children for years. I had heard of him and seen his book “Wikinomics.” But it wasn’t until I took a class last week about managing the “Net Generation” that I understood what he’s saying.

I think you’ll find his comments interesting about how our children are processing information more efficiently than we do because of their involvement with technology.

He makes several good points. But here is one that resonates and should make us Baby Boomers stop and think for a moment: Our children are the first generation where children are the authorities on “something important.” In an age where information rules, children are the ones who know how to access it faster and use it to build communities around issues faster than we ever could.

Through Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Yammer, etc., our children are connected to vast numbers of people. We weren’t when we were their age.

I won’t try to make all of Tapscott’s arguments. I can’t. But read up on him, if you haven’t.

Having your children create blogs was a great move. I would just ask you to rethink the underlying argument for doing so.

Thanks for the work you do.