I am currently working on a Masters degree, and one of the requirements is that I complete a thesis. I have found many interesting articles. Here is one on how blogging is used to help increase literacy in the classroom. If you would like the entire article, it can be found through DISCUS.
Collaborative literacy: blogs and Internet projects.(TECHNOLOGY IN LITERACY EDUCATION).
Author(s):Erica Boling, Jill Castek, Lisa Zawilinski, Karen Barton and Theresa Nierlich.
Source:The Reading Teacher 61.6 (March 2008): p504(3). (1625 words) Reading Level (Lexile): 1250.
Document Type:Magazine/Journal
Full Text :COPYRIGHT 2008 International Reading Association Inc.
Popular technologies offer new and exciting ways to capitalize on the strengths of authentic writing, the power of the writing process, and the engagement of collaborative writing. In this column, we showcase students using some of these new technologies. The first vignette focuses on using blogs in the classroom. Blogs are websites that allow individuals to create personal webpages of text, pictures, graphics, videos, and other multimedia with the same ease as creating a word processing document. Unlike traditional websites, however, they provide a space where people can post comments and engage in online conversations. The second vignette illustrates the power of collaborative writing using Internet projects.
Classroom Blogging (by Erica Boling)
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