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Site 4 http://www.personal.kent.edu/~pbohanbr/Webpage/papers/blogpaper.pdf
“Collaborative Learning, Critical Thinking and Blogs: Internet Journals as Graded Assignments” is published in 2005. It describes how the author designed and implemented writing assignments based around the use of internet based journals (blogs), as well as some of the problems that he encountered. The author is quite objective in his evaluation of using blogs. He believes that these journals offer many advantages over traditional journal assignments, for instance, they can be used to encourage collaborative learning, and can also keep students to write for longer time. He also admits there are several drawbacks. These include issues with student privacy, enthusiasm for new assignments and, often times, learning a new technology. This paper is rather empirical than theoretical. Writing teachers will definitely gain some pedagogical and practical experiences from this paper. Besides, the author illustrates how to use blogs in writing class in a detailed way, so it is especially suitable for those who try blogs in teaching for the first time.