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Motivation for Writing Through Blogs
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Ackerman, Jay D.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151331882
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Year and Degree
2006, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, English/Technical Writing.
Abstract
Students are motivated to use technology to write. Using this idea, teachers can assimilate what the students are already doing through personal websites/blogs and classroom content with a meaningful audience. Students, no matter gender or ability level, need to see that writing is a vehicle to show individual thought on subjects, and that this is powerful. Technology, such as web logs, can provide one part of the answer, but educators should recognize that the key to conscientious writing among students is that the students need to be a more active part of the educational community. The aim of this study is to shed light on a range of student needs, and show that the differing or ranges in levels of motivation to write with consideration for an audience can be addressed through web logs. A very real audience is out “there,” the Internet, for students to use.
Committee
Gary Heba (Advisor)
Pages
36 p.
Keywords
Weblogs
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Blogs
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Writing
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K-12
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English/Language Arts
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Internet
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Motivation
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Ackerman, J. D. (2006).
Motivation for Writing Through Blogs
[Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151331882
APA Style (7th edition)
Ackerman, Jay.
Motivation for Writing Through Blogs.
2006. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151331882.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Ackerman, Jay. "Motivation for Writing Through Blogs." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1151331882
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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