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The Impact Of Blogging On Student Communication About Books, Brittany M. Albaugh
The Impact Of Blogging On Student Communication About Books, Brittany M. Albaugh
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
The purpose of this research was to investigate how the use of blogging in the language arts classroom influences student communication about independent reading novels. I was motivated to do this study by witnessing the enthusiasm with which my students discussed technology as well as their eagerness to use those resources to create technologically sound learning experiences. That inspired me to investigate socially-driven technology. Our classroom blog and accompanying blog comments were the primary sources of data collection for this study. Theories that helped frame this study include Social Constructivism and Transactional/Reader Response. The results of this study indicated that …
Digging Deeper Into The Culture Of Writing: Do Mentor Texts Inspire Male Students To Write?, Natalie Judith Gericke, Lindsay Gloria Salmon
Digging Deeper Into The Culture Of Writing: Do Mentor Texts Inspire Male Students To Write?, Natalie Judith Gericke, Lindsay Gloria Salmon
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In a growing trend in schools across the country, girls are out-performing boys in the area of literacy. Some researchers would support a disconnection regarding specific topics taught in the literacy curriculum and the interests of boys (Gurian & Stevens, 2004). In our kindergarten and first grade classrooms, we have observed a difference in the participation between boys verses girls during writer’s workshop. In this article, we share our experiences, as two primary teachers, in utilizing mentor texts and mini-lessons to teach writing to our male kindergarten and first grade students. We will share research on Early Emergent literacy and …