Perspectives and issues of the creation for weblog-based electronic portfolios in teacher education

The article discusses the continually evolving presence of the Internet in education. The use of synchronous chat rooms, newsgroups, and discussion forums is well established in education, but other computer-mediated communication systems, such as weblogs and blogging, are relatively new developments. The article discusses the use of weblogs as a means to establish an archive of information by date, as well as to provide hyperlinks to other blogs or sites of interest. Also considered are weblog-based electronic portfolios, and the role of weblogs in teacher-student relationships.