Research educational uses for blogs and create your first post from your findings.
Educational blogging started with the term Weblog. It started as a way for librarians to communicate information to an online community. The weblogs serve as a diary of information posted on the web. Educational weblogs keep information for teachers and students. The weblog can provide information for the entire school community. The blog helps teachers and students keep up with the latest information by experts who blog via the Internet. From elementary to high school blogging can be used by teachers in the classroom. “Classroom blogging has the potential “to motivate students, to build online collaboration, and enhance learning opportunities” (Clyde, 2005). It is stated that blogging is a virtual extension of the classroom. Blogs can be used for creating connections in difficult places, provide channels of information, promotes the use of technology, promotes writing habits, and promotes reading. Blogs are considered to be public personal communication zone. This technology promotes a reflective analysis and the emergence of a learning community that goes beyond school walls (Clyde, 2005). Blogs have become a tool of web-based learning. It uses the aspect of peer-to-peer learning. The peer interaction creates knowledge. “Similarly, interaction allows students to create knowledge and negotiate meaning, thus making the interaction both more engaging and more rewarding” (Ellison &Yuehua, 2008). Students use blogs to exchange information in many social networking sites. The percentage of student’s blogging on the Internet is increasing as they learn to use it to express themselves. “It is claimed that blogging is a useful practice for the development of higher order learning skills, active, learner centered pedagogy, authentic learning, associative thinking, and interactive learning communities” (Farmer et al, 2008). It is stated that the interwoven use of links helps users to create what is called a “blog sphere” (Farmer et al, 2008). Blogs are considered to be public learning. In conclusion social networking through blogging can provide plenty of feedback to the learner within their social group at a level of understanding they can understand.
References
Clyde, L. (February, 2005). Educational blogging, Teacher Librarian, 32(3) 43-45, Retrieved October 31, 2009, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=5&hid=6&sid=0349234b-9a03-4ae5-a04f-a20aca171ae2%40sessionmgr4&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d
Ellison, N., Yuehua, W., (2008). Blogging in the classroom: A preliminary exploration of students attitudes and impact on comprehension, Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 17(1), 99-122, Retrieved October 31, 2009, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=6&sid=0349234b-9a03-4ae5-a04f-a20aca171ae2%40sessionmgr4
Farmer, B., Yue, A., Brooks, C. (2008). Using blogging for higher order learning in large cohort university teaching: A case study, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 24 (2), 123-136, Retrieved October 31, 2009, from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=4&hid=106&sid=0349234b-9a03-4ae5-a04f-a20aca171ae2%40sessionmgr4
No comments:
Post a Comment