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complicated. Students made links systematically according to the board, unlike in the free-flowdiscussions where they would sometimes post more individual postings. Students also participatedmore evenly in the HipBoneGames. The second study provides triangulation and alsodemonstrates the evolution of the games. The pre-service students have expressed similar reactionsas to the graduate-level students. Notably, students now regularly play on a popular studentcreatedboard. Confusion still exists over how to play the games until they are actually playingthem, this despite many changes including a checklist and a simplification of rules. This studyindicates that labeling was rendered redundant when playing structured games, suggesting thatfeatures built into the software should be implemented flexibly. This study also illustrates thatHipBoneGames are another possible approach to structuring online dialogue.Authentic information gathering in reflective portfolio development processAntti Syvanen, University of Tampere, FinlandThe reflective learning has been recognized as means for closing the gap between theory andpractice. The aim of the research project is to study authentic information gathering andknowledge acquisition as forms of reflective activities in personal portfolio development. Theacademic year of 2006-2007 14 prospective history teachers at University of Tampere, Finland aredeveloping a personal digital portfolio. ProBlog mobile blogging prototype tool is used to facilitatethe opportunities to record, store and share their training experience in personal weblog on-lineenvironment. The content accumulated in the personal on-line weblogs is the material to beprocessed into a product portfolio –a paper document to be handed to the supervising teachers forend evaluation. The students have reported the use of weblogs as meaningful, although the linkbetween the process and product portfolios was unclear to them. The students regarded especiallycommenting each others experiences in weblogs very useful. However, at this stage the mobileblogging still needs some development both in technical and pedagogical terms. To the students itseems to be interesting but still as a concept unclear. The mobile tool needs to be more flexible togive room for personal preferences in blogging, e.g. it should enable storing blog entries alsoprivately on-line.M 1731 August 2007 14:35 - 15:55Room: 3.67 BékésyPaper SessionTechnology in education and trainingChair:Rainer Bromme, Universität Münster, GermanyImplementing Information and Communication Technology in vocational schools: From designedto actual practices in teacher educationIsabelle Probst, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandMichele Grossen, University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandIn this paper, we draw on data collected (1) in a Swiss project aimed at promoting theimplementation of ICT in vocational schools. This national project involved 23 Swiss vocationalschools and more than 100 teachers. Our aim is to address the issue of teacher education in the– 717 –