Learning and the Internet: A New Study of Teen Blogging May Have Lessons for Academic Support Professionals

The Associate Director of our law library at UMKC, Lawrence MacLachlan, just passed along a link to a study by the PEW Internet & American Life Project that may be of interest to academic support professionals.  The study, "Teen Content Creators and Consumers," describes teenagers' use of Internet blogs, both as readers and creators.  The subjects of the study are in an age group that will be arriving in law schools within the next five years or so, and it might be worth our time to consider how the use of blogs may drive students' collaborative learning and even professors' teaching of law courses. 

It is a fairly short read and well worth the time to see what is happening among our future students and very probably among many of our current students. (DBW)