Blogging can be used as an educational tool in the classroom in several ways: 1) A blog allows students and teachers to share ideas, resources, reflections on class readings, and daily logs of class events to engage in discussion and create a sense of community. 2) Popular blogging platforms that can be used include Blogger, WordPress, and Edublogs, which allow for instant publishing and commenting. 3) Teachers can use blogs for administration purposes, as a discussion tool where students comment on posts, or as a publication tool where students have their own blogs for assignments.