Thursday 28 February 2008

Participation is vital to the phenomenon of any CoP. Geographic dispersion and the usage of ICTs serve to heighten the difficulty of securing interest and participation. Human communication and sharing is always more forthcoming in an environment of physical proximity.

In any case, let's move on ...
1. Which Web 2.0 tools are we familiar with? Why should we use them in EFL/ESL classrooms? What are their pedagogical value? How can we integrate them into our ELT?

2. Go to Technorati.com and look for the search box there, ( usually on the right top corner of Technorati site). Enter key words relevant to your ELT area, and then see what results you get.

3. Post your feedback on this experience with ideas or ways you may integrate this technology in your classes.

Reading resource:
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Tagging in Blogs , by Christopher H. Brooks and Nancy Montanez

3 comments:

Daniela Millini said...

Dear Anna Franca,
...just wish to make clear there was no criticism in my comments.
I'm glad we're trying and using a blog, here and now, to exchange opinins and experiences. That's cool!
Just expected it to be a bit more ...lively?
Luv,
Dani

Anna Franca said...

Dani,
l surely understand what you mean. No worries, it's just that l was also expecting more members...
How about trying the new activities?

Daniela Millini said...

you're right!
let's go on...