A WEBLOG IN PRACTICE - Examination of a Global Telecollaborative Project Blog

Cynthia C. Choi

2007

Abstract

Students in three elementary schools in the Northeastern area of the US and their partners in a primary school from a small coastal town of Papua New Guinea have used technology to initiate dialogue with one another through collaborative classroom activities-a web-based learning community that spans across the globe. Within an established model of teaching and learning online through online networking, application of the weblog component is examined. Preliminary findings suggest the use of weblog to be an effective component in regards to maintaining student motivation. And, the ease of implementation was manageable to participating teachers.

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C. Choi C. (2007). A WEBLOG IN PRACTICE - Examination of a Global Telecollaborative Project Blog . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST, ISBN 978-972-8865-79-5, pages 479-482. DOI: 10.5220/0001267504790482


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist07,
author={Cynthia C. Choi},
title={A WEBLOG IN PRACTICE - Examination of a Global Telecollaborative Project Blog},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST,},
year={2007},
pages={479-482},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001267504790482},
isbn={978-972-8865-79-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 3: WEBIST,
TI - A WEBLOG IN PRACTICE - Examination of a Global Telecollaborative Project Blog
SN - 978-972-8865-79-5
AU - C. Choi C.
PY - 2007
SP - 479
EP - 482
DO - 10.5220/0001267504790482