Using Blogs To Enhance Literacy » (1st Edition)

Beyond the mainstream media hype about the dangers of adolescents and blogs, we find that young people are developing 21st century literacies_especially in information and visual literacy. In this book, Diane Penrod addresses the social, developmental, and pedagogical issues surrounding the use of blogs and the implications that blogging has for current and future students.

Preface     vii
Why Blog?     1
Blogging and New Literacies     19
Blogs as a New Writing Genre     35
Gender and Blogging     49
Ethnicity and Blogging     63
Blogs and Bullying     77
Encouraging Safe Blogging Practices     95
Integrating Multiple Intelligences and Blogging     119
Creating Classroom Ethics for Blogging     139
Blogging Matters     151
References     167
Subject Index     171
Name Index     173
About the Author     175