webography

Site 6 http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/?q=node/100
This webpage carries a paper entitled “Welcome to the blogsphere: using weblogs to create classroom community”, published in August 2003 on CWRL (the computer writing and research lab),a website specially dedicated to computer aided writing programs and on-line writing workshops. This paper focus on the introduction of weblogs as well as the potential usages in the classroom setting where computer is available, especially in writing courses. The whole paper is organized in three parts. The first part provides general ideas of what a blog is and how it develops. And then it reviews the characteristics and advantages of blogs in creating oppotunities for colaborative learning. Based on these features various ways are suggested in which blogs might be used effectively in the classroom. the author is quite objective as he also presents some potential problems at the end of the paper. the biggest merit of this paper is the endnotes. the author provides quite a few relevant websites for readers' reference. In general, this paper focuses on the pedagogical value and use of the blogs in classroom settings.