Literature Review Article 5

Literature Review

Article 5

APA Citation:

I. Title:.Using Weblogs in the Classroom

II. Author: Greg Weiler

III. Author’s Purpose for Writing: To highlight the benefits of blogging in the classroom but to also point out possible pitfalls

IV. What are the points made in the review of the literature? Do they support the need for the study? This is not a study per se, but rather an explanation of how to use blogs effectively. Weiler also suggests good sites to help someone get started with blogging in the classroom.

V. Author’s Inquiry Question: What are the advantages of using blogging in the classroom?

VI.
A. Author’s methodology: The author suggests that opening up students’ writing to a variety of readers who can easily respond to the writer is highly beneficial to the writer.

B. Who is being studied? High School students

C. Over what length of time? Not specified

D. What data is being collected? Advantages and disadvantages of blogging

VII. How the author collected information: from his own classroom experience

VIII. What the author discovered: A certain amount of technological expertise is necessary to use blogging successfully in the classroom and a teacher should not do it simply to integrate technology but should use it to support activities they would have done in a traditional setting anyway.