Hi Annafranca and everybody
I have found a video at the following link
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=F1IRkqbUoXY
that briefly explains the difference between blogs and wikis, introducing also possible uses of "Second life" in education. Hope it can be useful.
Love
Paola
Sunday, 9 March 2008
Saturday, 8 March 2008
Web 2.0 technologies: blogs & wikis
Here are 2 points worth reflecting on:
1.What's the difference between a blog and a wiki?
2. What ethics would you expect from bloggers?
1.What's the difference between a blog and a wiki?
2. What ethics would you expect from bloggers?
technorati resources
Hello everybody :-)
Sorry I have been absent for a while, but have been completely absorbed by work. I have kept on reading you, however, and it is always so stimulating to read comments and reflections from you all. Thanks, Tesol Cop blog-mates! :-))
I have browsed through technorati, as Annafranca suggested, with different words: EIL/ELF, cooperative learning, learning styles, and found different materials, blogs, videos, though not all particularly useful in my opinion.
Two have attracted my attention:
one on cooperative learning, as it has been produced by students after a research of CL
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=HEh8Z0sbiRE
and this could be an idea of how to exploit this resource in the classroom, with CL work or with project work, as a final product
the other is about learning styles, and I have found it interesting as it is addressed to parents in order to create awareness about differences in the ways of learning
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp6IADRDf2A
I have tried to insert the video directly, as skillful Dani has done, but has not managed it: how do you do it?
As concerning the question on how students see it, I agree that a survey would be a very good idea - it could also perhaps be attached to a project using blogs for didactic activities, so learners would have an idea of what it is like: what do you think?
All the best
Paola
Sorry I have been absent for a while, but have been completely absorbed by work. I have kept on reading you, however, and it is always so stimulating to read comments and reflections from you all. Thanks, Tesol Cop blog-mates! :-))
I have browsed through technorati, as Annafranca suggested, with different words: EIL/ELF, cooperative learning, learning styles, and found different materials, blogs, videos, though not all particularly useful in my opinion.
Two have attracted my attention:
one on cooperative learning, as it has been produced by students after a research of CL
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=HEh8Z0sbiRE
and this could be an idea of how to exploit this resource in the classroom, with CL work or with project work, as a final product
the other is about learning styles, and I have found it interesting as it is addressed to parents in order to create awareness about differences in the ways of learning
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp6IADRDf2A
I have tried to insert the video directly, as skillful Dani has done, but has not managed it: how do you do it?
As concerning the question on how students see it, I agree that a survey would be a very good idea - it could also perhaps be attached to a project using blogs for didactic activities, so learners would have an idea of what it is like: what do you think?
All the best
Paola
Thursday, 6 March 2008
FURTHER HINTS...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cncW5tzMvP0
Students talking about using blogs as a learning tool...
Students talking about using blogs as a learning tool...
http://www.apogeonline.com/webzine/2007/02/21/23/200702212301
An article about Technocrati - and some suggestions on how to use it....
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
TECHNORATI...that is 'technological litterati....
I vaguely remembered I had already visited Technocrati in the past - almost by chance, as it sometimes happens when you 'surf' with no very specific aim, following a sort of thought chain, starting from a point and getting to something different, only slightly related to your starting quest, yet related to some different interest of yours...
Yet, what Anna Franca asked us to do was quite specific, thus I focused on her suggestions.
Tried to do so... Yess.
Search box, key words. I tried with EFL, ESL, teaching/learning ESL/EFL, using blogs/web0.2 for learning/Teaching, educational technology etc. - differently combined and mixed - and I found lots of useful and useless 'stuff' (single posts, blogs, videos): 'tags' might be misleading, they don't always bring you exactly to what you're looking for...Example: 'teaching' might appear in a blog just 'coze the guy is a teacher...but is blog is utterly devoted to photography...and you find absolutely nothing about 'teaching'...You see the point?
What I liked best were the videos - and I finally chose to watch a number o f them related to teaching and teachers, rather than learning through web0.2 - and somewhat completely forgot about Anna Franca's task.... Sorry... Have a look at the one I posted here.
ps. I know this is not what Anna Franca's task required...just liked to share it with you all!
Yet, what Anna Franca asked us to do was quite specific, thus I focused on her suggestions.
Tried to do so... Yess.
Search box, key words. I tried with EFL, ESL, teaching/learning ESL/EFL, using blogs/web0.2 for learning/Teaching, educational technology etc. - differently combined and mixed - and I found lots of useful and useless 'stuff' (single posts, blogs, videos): 'tags' might be misleading, they don't always bring you exactly to what you're looking for...Example: 'teaching' might appear in a blog just 'coze the guy is a teacher...but is blog is utterly devoted to photography...and you find absolutely nothing about 'teaching'...You see the point?
What I liked best were the videos - and I finally chose to watch a number o f them related to teaching and teachers, rather than learning through web0.2 - and somewhat completely forgot about Anna Franca's task.... Sorry... Have a look at the one I posted here.
ps. I know this is not what Anna Franca's task required...just liked to share it with you all!
Monday, 3 March 2008
Let's try it...
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
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
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