Improving Creative Writing Skills of the Grade-12 Students Through Web3 - Hive Blockchain Blogging
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creative writing, Web3, Hive blockchain, blogging, digital writing, senior high schoolAbstract
This study determined the effectiveness of Web3 Hive Blockchain blogging in improving the creative writing skills of Grade 12 students at Ilihan Integrated School, Tabogon, Cebu, and examined students’ experiences with the platform as basis for enhanced digital creative writing activities. The study employed the Sequential Exploratory Design identified in the thesis, beginning with quantitative pretest-posttest assessment and followed by a qualitative exploration of students’ experiences. Forty Grade 12 students enrolled in Creative Writing completed the pretest, while 20 students who were provided Hive blogging accounts constituted the intervention group. Their writing was assessed by three evaluators using a modified Writer’s Choice writing assessment rubric. The intervention lasted 12 weeks, during which participants produced 12 blog posts each. Means and standard deviations described performance and survey responses, a paired t-test tested pretest-posttest differences, and thematic analysis was used for qualitative responses. Posttest performance increased across all three competencies: imagery, diction, and figures of speech (29.78 to 31.23), language style and voice (29.55 to 30.90), and culling creative ideas from experiences (27.05 to 29.38). All differences were statistically significant (p < .001). Students also reported favorable attitudes toward blogging, smartphone-based access, and perceived writing improvement, while qualitative themes emphasized skill development, community connection, earning opportunities, autonomy, confidence, freedom, and enjoyment. The findings indicate that Web3 Hive Blockchain blogging can serve as an engaging digital writing environment that supports creative writing practice and informs the design of technology-integrated creative writing activities.
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