Blog-enhanced ICT courses: Examining their effects on prospective teachers' ICT competencies and perceptions

► Using blogs helped to make prospective teachers' perceptions of ICT more positive. ► Using blogs helped prospective teachers to become familiar with ICT. ► Using blogs motivated the prospective teachers to participate in their class activities. ► Using blogs could influence their acquisition of ICT competencies. ► Using blogs assisted the participants in their application of what they gained from their own practices.