A new writing genre …
Posting to a weblog can take many forms. The possibilities as Richardson (2006, p.29) identifies in his text “Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms” are endless. By their very structure blogs facilitate what Richardson (2006) thinks is a new form of genre that could be called “connective writing”. For those that are hesitant or still wondering about what a blog is and why it might be worthwhile to record some of our thoughts, discussions and reflections on different things that we see, read or hear about technology, then check out the following YouTube link which provides a really clear, user friendly and constructive overview of Blogs in Plain English
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