My Student Blogged

I was so excited when I checked my gmail account and realised that one of the students in my class had posted a comment on the class blog. I set up a blog based on the book that we are currently doing in class 'The Chocolate Touch'. I demonstrated how to use the blog and I went further to send that student a link. She is the only one in my class who has an account and the internet at home. She is also one of the students in my class who is a struggling reader but she tries.She only gave one line but its a start and I am so excited.
Throughout the ICT classes I felt a sense of dissappointment in the system in which I teach, we do not have the necessary technology to ensure that Web 2.0 tools are used in the classroom.
I have been reading the articles and came across a teacher who teamed up with preservice teachers who were willing to participate in the project as 'reading partners with the children'.The preservice teachers set up blogs and over a period of time interacted with the children.(Anderson & Balajthy,2009)This would be a great way to put learning in the hands of the students, the teacher only has to guide the discussions to an extent,since the professor was also guiding the blog posts of the preservice teachers.
My little step towards this goal was a bit of a relief, maybe one day I will be able to truly engage in a project as I described.