Blogging

Some time ago I read an interesting article by Davis and McGrail entitled “The Joy of Blogging” which outlined a blogging project that raised a number of points about the potential of blogging to impact positively on student learning outcomes in language. Clearly the project had taken a great deal of preparation and initial teaching to set up but the article outlined the benefits to student learning that there had been as a result.
The potential of the dialogue that can ensue from blogging to contribute to the development of thinking is of particular interest to me. As the article suggests, with a suitably prepared range of critical ‘readers’ the students can interact with others to both clarify and develop their understanding of a concept.
Ideas that have made me think!
Reference
Davis, A.P. & McGrail, E., (2009) The Joy of Blogging, Educational Leadership, 66 (6), 74-77