Entering the Blogosphere: Pre-Service Teachers’ Engagement in the Study of Inclusive Education
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Lynn Aylward, School of Education, Acadia University, Canada
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Orlando, Florida, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-58-7 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
This study builds upon initial findings (Aylward, 2004) regarding 127 pre-service teacher education students use of weblogs or blogs within the coursework of Inclusive education. Six modes of blogging are reviewed in addition to the presentation of a "continuum of engagement" that describes the ways in which students took up course content as assessed by their interactions within the blogging environment ( a.k.a. The Blogosphere). The findings indicate that blogs hold great potential for tracking the evolution of students' meaning making over time.
Citation
Aylward, L. (2006). Entering the Blogosphere: Pre-Service Teachers’ Engagement in the Study of Inclusive Education. In C. Crawford, R. Carlsen, K. McFerrin, J. Price, R. Weber & D. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2006--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 4167-4171). Orlando, Florida, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/22758/.
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