So blogging is great and everything but what do you think about sites like hubpages and gather as tools to support writing? Can immediate positive reinforcement in the form of comments, page views, charts and graphs about written posts be a powerful motivation to encourage kids to write about a specialized topic they are passionate about? Cheat sheets for games? Why Kanye West's new album is the best? Is Club Penguin better than Webkinz? Will the traffic generated from these posts and 'scores' for well written articles motivate kids to continue writing? Can kids learn what constitutes 'good writing' by reading other well-researched and thought provoking posts?
What ethical issues do educators face when promoting sites like hubpages where many of the hubbers hub to eventually earn Google AdSense income?
...That is the Question.
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