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“That's Online Writing, Not Boring School Writing”: Writing With Blogs and the Talkback Project
Author(s) -
Witte Shelbie
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.51.2.1
Subject(s) - fluency , the internet , literacy , digital literacy , the arts , language arts , pedagogy , psychology , mathematics education , sociology , world wide web , visual arts , computer science , art
The Talkback Project used blog software to involve eighth‐grade language arts students, preservice teachers, and parents in online discussion of young adult novels and their personal connections with them. The author shares the challenges associated with the project—including the implications of Internet safety and legal concerns associated with technology integration—but argues that classroom blogging provides positive opportunities for students to• Develop their digital fluency • Strengthen traditional literacy skills • Apply real‐life 21st‐century skills in a safe and monitored environment