Assessment 2- Web 2.0 in Reading Instruction

Since there is a dearth of research on how Web 2.0 technologies can be used to support reading instruction, we are required to write a paper on its use so as to fill this gap. The technology I chose is Blogs. I chose this technology because it is the one I am most familiar with (thanks to this posting assignment) and it also the one which I believe that students will most relate to.

I thought I knew about the features of blogs and the types of blogs that were available but researching the topic, I realised that there are quite a few type of blogs and there are some features of blogs that I weren't aware of. Here are some of the funny and interesting things that I came across while reading. Do you know that there are Art blogs, Photoblogs, Videoblogs, MP3Blogs as well as audioblogs? A videoblog is called a vblog. Can you guess what a blog about home and family is called? Did you guess a mom blog? I think that might be sexist, what do you think? Why not a dad blog? Do you also know that a legal blog is called a blawg? I thought that too was funny. As of December,2007 Technocrati was tracking more than 112,000,000. We are now in 2010, can you imagine the figure and that is only for Technocrati ! That is almost unbelievable.

This assignment is indeed a thought-provoking paper because of my inexperience as well as the lack of information available on the topic. However, I have gleaned a lot by starting this assignment in terms of information from readings and I hope to complete it in the near future and submit to Turnitin.

I have learnt how to upload an image on to my blog, I feel so proud of myself. I guess this is how the student will feel in the classroom.