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• Blogs• Wikis• Podcasts• Comunidades Educativas Virtuales• Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections• Intercultural communicative courses online• Moodles• Online bookmarks• Yahoo groups
What is a blog...?• a free, live online journal that can be
easily and instantly updated, written for a public who may also write back.
• “... a personal diary of events and thoughts, or a combination of the two, plus many other things...”
Blogs vs. Discussion Boards
• stds can start their blogs easily
• easy to link to other websites
• support discussion + informational posts
• may have good search engines built-in
• go public
• stds can’t start their own DB
• not generally so
• imply discussion
• not possible
• are private
advantages of using blogs
• allow instant publishing • cost little or nothing• provide a comment feature allowing interaction • are dynamic and focus on content :listening, talking,
collaborating, having a dialog, sharing• work for any subject• are empowering: give everyone a voice • make writing THE focus • promote ownership of work • allow us to learn from our students• allow us to reflect on our teaching and our student’s learning• allow the interchange of thoughts and ideas • are exciting
Types of weblogs for use in EFL
classrooms
• The Tutor Blog
• The Learner Blog
• The Class Blog
shared weblogs
• complete project work in small groups
• showcase products of project-based learning
• complete a webquest
Weblog softwarewithout commercial advertising:
• http://pitas.com/• http://diaryland.com/• http://www.upsaid.com/• http://webcrimson.com/• http://www.schoolblogs.com/
commercial software
• http://www.blogger.com/
Wikis
• piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any web browser
• a collection of Web pages which can be edited by anyone, at any time, from anywhere.
WorkInProgress• Authorship• Editing • Publishing• Re-writing• Un-publishing
Both allow uploading of files and photos by different users
• Blogs• structured• Highly personal• Focus: process• Administered by one
individual• Editable by creator• Chronologically
organized
• Wikis • flexible• Intensively
collaborative• Focus: content• Open to anybody• Editable by anyone• Organized in
innumerable ways
Wikis”quick”
• content is egoless, timeless, and never finished
• in constant state of flux• automatic linking between pages within
wiki systems• entries: unpolished, with gaps• can help build an understanding of a
community’s shared knowledge
Using a wiki for…• instructions, manuals, glossaries • a class or group project with a
bibliographic format • a letter or statement presented on
behalf of the class• a handbook or textbook: build a guide
to correct punctuation • any project not requiring authorship
podcasting
• publishing of audio/video via the web, designed to be listened to on a portable mp3 player or on a personal computer.
podcasting, what for?
• audio walking tours• record a std’s (funny) experience• interview friends/ family• review local restaurants• broadcast your band• start a gossip channel• create an audio international cooking show• current events and local news• travelling experiences• movies
educational virtual communities
• both real time and asynchronous • safe student environments• web page projection, many other
tools
Educational virtualcommunities
Intercultural E-Mail
Classroom Connections
mooddles
• Educational Virtual Communities• Both Real Time and Asynchronous • Safe Student Environments• Web Page Projection, many other
tools
Intercultural communicative courses online
Moodle: Opensource Classroom
Backflip/ MyBookmarks
• Online Bookmarks• Accessible from any online
computer• File sharing capabilities
Yahoo groups
• Online email listserv manager
• Archives messages• Public/private option• Database manager• Calendar and Chat• Moderate or not• Online File Storage
(20meg per group)• Online File Sharing
my cae experience
• http://caeb2006.podomatic.com/