In her book Using Blogs to Enhance Literacy, Diane Penrod (2007) begins with an investigation of why students are already blogging in their personal lives.
She claims these are the five basic reasons (p. 3)
1) Easy to publish
2) Information reformation (I love this term - for me captures just what I am doing here in my blog- taking new information/ideas and playing with them until they feel like mine, there is really joy for me in this process of making sense)
3) The genre is changeable
4) Allow writers to experiment
5) Empower marginalized by giving voice
I agree with her reasons thus far, and am anxious to read the rest of the book because I believe she is going to explain/push for blogging to enter classrooms. I think the biggest concern I have is what happens when teachers who want to promote 'traditional' literacy get a hold of this genre - will it take these good elements out of the process? How do we keep the joy, pleasure and creativity alive that already exists in this medium and use that for the benefit of education. I'll be curious what she says regarding this issue.
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