Let Them Blog: Using Weblogs to Advance Literacy in the K-12 Classroom

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Author(s): David A. Huffaker (Northwestern University, USA)
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Literacy in Technology at the K-12 Level
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Leo Tan Wee Hin (National Institute of Education, Singapore)and R. Subramaniam (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-494-1.ch019

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Technologies in K-12 Education

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This chapter introduces the use of blogs as an educational technology in the K-12 classroom. It argues that blogs can be used to promote verbal, visual, and digital literacy through storytelling and collaboration, and offers several examples of how educators are already using blogs in school. This chapter also reviews issues such as online privacy and context-setting, and ends with recommendations for educators interested in implementing blogs with current curricula.

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