On Blogging
I was pleased to see a reference to Wheeler (2010) in a student post. He is a prolific blogger and is a good role model for the type of blogs you can write for this paper which you then adapt to fit an essay style for assessment 1. Wheeler (2010) lists 7 features of a good blogspot as having: a good attention grabbing title, good content that is well written, easy to read and topical, controversial with support for your argument, information based on good colourful images, hyperlinks that take the readers deeper into the content, humour and brevity. I was also interested in reading/seeing how much time you spend on digital reading and writing as compared to print versions and how this translated into teaching/learning practices. Walsh (2010) explains in some depth the process of reading, writing and producing on screen stating that a crucial issue for us in literacy education, is whether the basic aspect...