2. AGENDA
What is blog and what is blogger?
What can blogger do for learning?
What can blogger do to enhance engagement?
3. BLOGGER
Blog – Informational site published on the Internet
and consisting of "posts” typically displayed in
reverse chronological order (the most recent post
appears first).
http://eunbae.blogspot.com/
4. BLOGGER
Google Tool – Login with your Google ID and
connect to your other Google apps such as Gmail,
and Google+
Reflective Writing – Academic Engagement
Social Interaction – Social Engagement
Commenting
Follow
Blog Roll
Traffic analytics
Other similar blogging tools
Wordpress: professional, bells and whistles
Tumblr: Popular among teens, focused on following
rather than writing own
7. BLOGGER
Web-based journal writing
Cognitive engagement (Finn & Zimmer, 2012).
Writing is a complex cognitive task that supports
the construction of new knowledge by establishing
connections between prior domain knowledge and
knowledge about discourse (Bereiter&Scardamalia,
1987).
Writing requires reflection and meaningful
expression of learned material (Hayes & Flower,
1986).
13. BLOGGER
Social interaction
Commenting
Follow
Blog Roll
Traffic analytics
Other similar blogging tools
Wordpress: professional, bells and whistles
Tumblr: Popular among teens, focused on following
rather than writing own
14. OTHER EDUCATIONAL USES OF BLOG
Class website
Competence
• EDIT2000
TeacherStudent-Parent
Communication
Relatedness
• Mrs. Terhune’s
First Grade Site
Student writing
publications
Autonomy
• Living alongside
Wildlife
15. DISCUSSION
Can blogging enhance students’ affective
engagement?
What are some strategies to enhance behavioral
engagements through blogging?
16. REFERENCES
Bereiter, C., &Scardamalia, M. (1987). The psychology
of written composition. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Finn, J. D., & Zimmer, K. S. (2012). Student
engagement: What is it? Why does it matter? In S. L.
Christenson, A. L. Reschly& C. Wylie (Eds.), Handbook
of research on student engagement. (pp. 97-131). New
York: Springer
Fredricks, J. A., Blumenfeld, P. C., & Alison, H. P.
(2004). School engagement: Potential of the concept,
state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research,
74(1), 59-109. doi: 10.2307/3516061
Hayes, J.R., & Flower, L.S. (1986). Writing research and
the writer. American Psychologist, 41, 1106-1113.