Personal blogs or communal blogs? Pre-service teachers' perceptions regarding the contribution of these two platforms to their professional development

Characterizing the Digital Culture of Prospective Primary School Teachers

“…e findings of this study confirm the results noted in the studies [22][23][24][25][26], which emphasizes that prospective teachers use ICT on a personal level especially for communication, and also, they demonstrate a remarkable mastery of tools marking Web 2.0 (social networks, blogs, Google documents, etc.). Despite the important role blogging plays as a digital space that allows prospective teachers to access an online tutor when needed [27][28][29], the results show a low tendency of prospective teachers to use personal blogs, with just 12.5% of them confirming the use of this tool. Several research studies have shown that the use of blogs has a positive impact and contributes to the professional development of prospective teachers [30,31].…”

Uso de herramientas digitales para la docencia en España durante la pandemia COVID-19

“…Relativo a los blogs, Cano y Cabrera (2013) destacan entre las potencialidades de esta herramienta que permite autorregular el propio proceso de aprendizaje a partir de la reflexión continuada; que ayuda a ampliar las limitaciones clásicas de espacio y de tiempo que se producen en la educación tradicional (Roselló y Pinya, 2017) y que aumenta la satisfacción derivada del aprendizaje, el logro académico y la comprensión del material estudiado (Biberman-Shalev, 2018;Fernández y Pérez, 2015).…”

Integrating Blogs in Student teachers’ Practical Work

“…This will enable them to grasp the implications of using this technology for their student-teachers' professional development as well as for advancing and improving teacher education (Tondeur et al, 2012). Next, teacher educators who integrate blogs during the first year of the teacher education program may provide a platform that helps establish a basis for practicing and improving both reflective practices and writing skills, which in turn leads student-teachers to understand the importance of reflection as an essential tool, practice their academic writing skills, and internalize the significance of peer learning and sharing (Biberman-Shalev, 2018).…”

“…Hence, the blog is considered a platform for mass communication. Blog owners are referred to as bloggers and the community of bloggers is called the blogosphere (Biberman-Shalev, 2018).…”