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New Jersey High School learns the ABCs of blogging: Weblogs can create online forums for classroom discussion, and build student skills.(Applications)(Hunterdon Central Regional High School )(Brief Article)

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For a group of my English literature students at Hunterdon Central Regional High School (HCRHS) in New Jersey, the latest buzz in educational technology began with bees. I had my class read The Secret Life of Bees (Penguin, 2003), then offered a new way to create dialog around the book with literary Weblogs.

The "blogs" are gaining traction in education as an online forum for classroom discussion, and to develop students' critical thinking, writing, and reading comprehension skills. Here at HCRHS, they have even more reach. For instance, my lit students created an online reader study guide for Bees, using the Weblog format. In two years, the site (Weblogs.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/bees) has had more than 2 million…

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