Schoolchildren should be encouraged to write blogs and use social networking sites like Facebook to improve literacy levels, experts say.
The National Literacy Trust claims such Internet tools could provide educational benefits for children, such as greater confidence and a more positive attitude towards writing.
Children who kept blogs or had profiles on social networking sites were more likely to enjoy writing and believe themselves to be good at it, it found in a survey.
However, educational experts including Professor Tanya Byron, a clinical psychologist, have warned about allowing children to roam the web unsupervised.
A recent European Union-wide study found 40 per cent of teenagers had been exposed to pornography online, 20 per cent had been bullied and 10 per cent had met someone in the real world they had "met" in a chat room or a social media site.
The National Literacy Trust surveyed 3,001 children from England and Scotland for what it said was the first significant study of young people's attitudes to writing in the UK.
It found that 49 per cent of young people believe writing is "boring". However, 57 per cent of those who used text-based web applications such as blogs, said they generally enjoyed writing compared to 40 per cent who did not.
Those who had a blog or profile on a social networking site (SNS) also appeared to be more confident in their writing ability: 61 per cent of bloggers and 56 per cent of social networkers claimed to be good or very good at writing, compared to 47 per cent of those who had neither.
A total of 13 per cent of children surveyed had their own website, 24 per cent kept their own blog and 56 per cent had a profile on a social networking site.
Such web activity was also credited with encouraging children to engage with more traditional forms of writing. Those who were active online were "significantly more likely" to write short stories, letters, song lyrics and diaries than those who had no online presence, the study found.
The National Literacy Trust claims such Internet tools could provide educational benefits for children, such as greater confidence and a more positive attitude towards writing.
Children who kept blogs or had profiles on social networking sites were more likely to enjoy writing and believe themselves to be good at it, it found in a survey.
However, educational experts including Professor Tanya Byron, a clinical psychologist, have warned about allowing children to roam the web unsupervised.
A recent European Union-wide study found 40 per cent of teenagers had been exposed to pornography online, 20 per cent had been bullied and 10 per cent had met someone in the real world they had "met" in a chat room or a social media site.
The National Literacy Trust surveyed 3,001 children from England and Scotland for what it said was the first significant study of young people's attitudes to writing in the UK.
It found that 49 per cent of young people believe writing is "boring". However, 57 per cent of those who used text-based web applications such as blogs, said they generally enjoyed writing compared to 40 per cent who did not.
Those who had a blog or profile on a social networking site (SNS) also appeared to be more confident in their writing ability: 61 per cent of bloggers and 56 per cent of social networkers claimed to be good or very good at writing, compared to 47 per cent of those who had neither.
A total of 13 per cent of children surveyed had their own website, 24 per cent kept their own blog and 56 per cent had a profile on a social networking site.
Such web activity was also credited with encouraging children to engage with more traditional forms of writing. Those who were active online were "significantly more likely" to write short stories, letters, song lyrics and diaries than those who had no online presence, the study found.
From: The Daily Telegraph.
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