ERIC Number: EJ977707
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 12
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Using Blogs to Promote Literary Response during Professional Development
Colwell, Jamie; Hutchison, Amy; Reinking, David
Language Arts, v89 n4 p232-243 Mar 2012
This article describes a project that studied 15 preservice teachers' perceptions of and reactions to responding to children's and young adult literature using a Ning blog. These perceptions and reactions provided insight into various practical aspects of using a social networking blog to facilitate literature response in a teacher education course. Further, the authors considered what these perceptions and reactions may mean for the larger field of teacher education and professional development. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Adolescent Literature, Preservice Teachers, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Professional Development, Web 2.0 Technologies, Program Descriptions, Student Teacher Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Social Networks, Student Reaction, Literary Criticism, Program Effectiveness, Instructional Innovation, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Language Arts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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