Research Question: How does blogging as a technology and a pedagogical process aid in the writing process of specific groups of college-level freshmen composition students?
Literature Review
Through my research on blog technology and the use of blogging in the classroom, I found a number of articles which provided statistical information and background about blogs and blogging as well as some suggested writing activities involving blogging. Although these resources were helpful in understanding the changing face of blogs and how blogs are being employed in academic settings, most of the current literature is directed towards K-12 teachers and not college instructors. This, in my opinion, leaves a huge gap in the Web 2.0 technology and education knowledge base which needs to be addressed. My hope is that by designing and implementing a composition activity intended for a college-level group of students, I will be able, in at least a small way, to begin filling the knowledge gap I have discovered. I have created a list of the articles I found to be most helpful in my research in the comments section of this post.
2 comments:
So you are going to keep on the blog thing, huh? Well, I am continuing with mine, though I will not focus on socialism anymore. You wrote a comment that I was a little confused by. You said that you thought socialism and humanism could be the answers to social problems, but I had specifically talked about why they were not good answers from the spiritual perspective. Humanism promotes self actualization and self will, which is like the antithesis to recieving grace and humility towards God, which is what were all about in the Kingdom of God. Could you elaborate on what you meant or what you believe about that?
Oh, yeah! By the time you read this, I am sure you will have gotten my email regarding the final. Sean actually did have the paper and he shared it with me. I also emailed Keziah too.
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Ferdig, R. E. and Trammell, K. D. (2004). "Content delivery in the ‘Blogosphere'." T H E Journal, 31(7).
Karrer, T. (2007). "Learning and networking with a blog." T&D.
Lamb, A. and Johnson, L. (2006). "Blogs and blogging, part I." School Library Media Activities Monthly, 22(8).
Lamb, A. and Johnson, L. (2006). "Blogs and blogging, part I." School Library Media Activities Monthly, 22(9).
Rice, G. A. (2008). "Annual survey of colleges: 2008." University of Alaska Anchorage. From http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/
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Stepp, C. S. "The blog revolution." American Journalism Review; 2006.
"Web & wild." TechTrends, 48(6).
Zeltner, M. (2002). New media and the slow death of the written word: The ten rules. Kairos 7:2. From http://www.technorhetoric.net/
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