Action Research: Blogging in Education

If blogs (and other social software) are to find a place in the educational landscape, then the educational community should assess the value or risks associated with these tools, and come to a collaborative decision based in increased awareness, greater understanding, and reflection about the roles that blogs (and other social software should or should not play in teaching and earning. The purpose of this project is to design and implement a model that would facilitate this process. Although this process may be applied to the concept of social software, this project ocused primarily on blog tools and blogging. References are made to related technologies and to the general category “social software. This project design could be expanded to apply to social software and other emerging technologies.