Week 8

The Influence of Classroom Blogging on Elementary Student Writing

Blogs is a great tool in teaching writing in classrooms. We are able to experience the developing and changing for each day. The findings of this research article indicate that student bloggers became mindful and connected to the audiences. Both teachers and students can interact with each other through the internet. Everyone can take part in the class discussion. As we are using bloggers in our language arts course, I benefit a lot from it.

Cell Phones in the Classroom: Are we Dialing up Disaster?

The use of cell phone enabled the students to become active participants in their learning by using the internet to search for background information. The integration of cell phones into the classroom need not be perilous. It is true that schools will need to overcome challenges associated with using these devices. But I think students need to be self-conscious when having the opportunity of using cell phones in the classroom.

New Media, New Literacies and the Adolescent Learner

This article is a research study about the relationship between new digital media and adolescents’ writing while using new media. This article examines eight themes that emerged during the study. Immersing students in a digital environment that serves as a model for their own digital performances which fully engages the student multimodally across the language arts.