Tumbling Political Theory. (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kohen, Ari
• Is Part Of: Politics. Volume 34:Number 4(2014)
• Page Start: 405
• Page End: 414
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: teaching -- blogging -- political theory -- Tumblr -- internet; Political science -- Periodicals; 320
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-9256.12051
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0263-3957

Abstract

Blogging in the classroom is not a new idea, but my students have tended to view the blogging assignment negatively, as a homework assignment that simply needed to be done each week and then forgotten until the next time they were required to visit the blog. With that in mind, I decided to employ a very different method of educational blogging – using the Tumblr platform – in which each student would take ownership of his or her own blog and which would make the best possible use of social networking technology to boost interaction among the students and engagement with the course material.