Improving Writing Skills Using Blogging in the Elementary Classroom: Choosing Tools They Use
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The Weblog’s evolution has become one that enhances curriculum, supports cognitive abilities, and creates a positive learning community. In addition, writing skills of elementary age students can improve because the tool excites the student and is already a familiar mode of communication. Current research shows that a simple accessible technology tool, the Weblog, has a prominent place in today’s technologically savvy classroom. This paper examines the process of blogging to improve writing skills in the elementary classroom.
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