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Blogs as a Social Networking Tool to Build Community

Blogs as a Social Networking Tool to Build Community

Lisa Kervin, Jessica Mantei, Anthony Herrington
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781605663685|ISBN10: 1605663689|EISBN13: 9781605663692
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-368-5.ch056
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Kervin, Lisa, et al. "Blogs as a Social Networking Tool to Build Community." Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends, edited by Tatyana Dumova and Richard Fiordo, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 685-700. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-368-5.ch056

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Kervin, L., Mantei, J., & Herrington, A. (2010). Blogs as a Social Networking Tool to Build Community. In T. Dumova & R. Fiordo (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends (pp. 685-700). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-368-5.ch056

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Kervin, Lisa, Jessica Mantei, and Anthony Herrington. "Blogs as a Social Networking Tool to Build Community." In Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends, edited by Tatyana Dumova and Richard Fiordo, 685-700. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-368-5.ch056

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Abstract

This chapter examines blogging as a social networking tool to engage final year preservice teachers in reflective processes. Using a developed Web site, the students post their own blogs and comment upon those of others. The authors argue that opportunity to engage with this networking experience provides avenue for the students to consider their emerging professional identity as teachers. The blogging mechanism brought together the physical university context and virtual online environment as students identified, examined and reflected upon the intricacies of what it means to be a teacher. The authors hope that examining the findings that emerged from our research will inform other educators as to the affordances of blogging as a social networking tool.

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