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Microblogging as a Literacy Practice for Educational Communities
Author(s) -
Mills Kathy A.,
Chandra Vinesh
Publication year - 2011
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.55.1.4
Subject(s) - microblogging , social media , reading (process) , literacy , information literacy , media literacy , pedagogy , world wide web , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , political science , law
With the advent of Web 2.0, the “social web,” microblogging has emerged as a popular literacy practice through platforms such as Twitter. Yet the potential of microblogging in educational communities is currently underexplored. This case study of 150 preservice teachers shows how microblogging can positively influence reading and writing, with implications for literacy instruction in primary, elementary, and secondary settings.