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ERIC Number: EJ1263199
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0425-0508
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"I Thought It Was Fake": Critical Engagement with Blogs
Allen, Eliza; Flint, Amy Seely
English in Texas, v44 n2 p4-11 Fall-Win 2014
Twenty-first century literacy practices demand that children are actively engaged with technology as they participate in a wide variety of literacy activities. Technology-enriched environments, such as using blogs to further discussions on socially significant issues, create opportunities for broader, authentic audiences for students' thinking, encourages student ownership of texts, and promotes critical analysis (Boyd, 2013; McGrail & Davis, 2011). Blogs encourage students to share initial ideas, challenge others' thinking, and offer revised insights in public forums. The purpose of this article is to highlight how students in a third grade classroom navigated a blog site to foster a critical inquiry stance, offer alternative perspectives on salient topics, and display group solidarity as they worked to make sense of issues related to immigration and deportation.
Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. 919 Congress Avenue Suite 1400, Austin, TX 78701. Tel: 512-617-3200; Web site: http://www.tctela.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education
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Language: English
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