Why could blogging change, or not change, the traditional classroom?

I thinking that blogging is definitely changing the traditional classroom. (and not for nothing, it’s about time there was change in that place) As one blog said, we have always seen that quiet student in class and that really loud kid that won’t stop talking in the class. The class discussions were run by the students that said the most or who could raise their hand the fastest. Blogging does allow for the freedom of expression. However, as mentioned in the ‘Educational Blogging’, it needs to be done in the correct way. Because blogging could lead to other problems like the incident at Harvard were the student and the institution were almost sued for comments posted on a blog. The school where I am doing my student teaching I was part of a meeting of media specialists regarding internet safety, wikis, blogs, etc. and it’s effect on the different grade levels. One third grade teacher, had a good option for blogging, I think she said the website is kidzblog.com, where there was a discussion open for her students, but the teacher had to ‘Approve’ the post before it could be posted on the website. I was first impressed that third graders were blogging, but in a way down because that meant more work for the teacher.
As far as changing the way assessments are done, I think they should be as rushed as the school year 2014-2015, as mentioned in the ‘Are we ready for testing under common core standards?’. I say this because in my student teaching placement I am called to help teachers in technology quite a few times a week. Technology like using an Elmo, smartboard, senteo tools, and various web 2.0 tools is what teachers want help with. These are the kind of tools that students should be exposed to the majority of the time, but they’re not. As the reading said, if we teacher our students one way, assess them another, how can we expect them to succeed. If teachers are not supported in learning these devices then how can they work with these tools with their students. There has been research stating that if teachers have professional development and support afterwards, then teachers are more likely to integrate technology in the classrooms. The article is:
Does Research-Based Professional Development Make a Difference? A Longitudinal Investigation of Teacher Learning in Technology Integration By: Chrystalla Mouza (2209)
If school districts show support and offer training in technology then teachers would interate it in the classroom and our students would be prepared for assessments as mentioned in the article, ‘Are we ready for testing under common core standards.’