Dear Bloggers ….

Hello everyone,

wow! I’m overwhelmed with all the postings and the interesting material to read or view. I teach English at the Science Faculty at Unical. I was unable to log on earlier, but just a note about blogs. I’ve used blogs with university students and they really enjoy it. I had my group write short articles and then post them on the class blog. The only drawback I found with University courses is that they are so short that by the time the students actually post their work and then get a dialogue going with comments the course is over. The other difficulty of course is getting a computer room so the work can actually be done in class as not everyone has a computer at home.

Wikis on the other hand, sound like a fascinating tool to try but I have never used them. I really liked the video on wikis. I will continue to view all the other videos posted.

I came across a short article on the Wired Campus on a professor experimenting with blogs as a formative peer review process. Here's the link--you might want to read it

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2817/blog-vs-peer-review-update-interactivity-brings-some-surprises


How long will this CoP last, by the way?

Sara

wiki created...

hi tesolcop mates :-)

still in progress... but fun to experiment!

http://learnteachexperiment.pbwiki.com/

there's a story to create, if you feel like to have a creative collaborative break ;-)

Paola

Wikis + Weblogs

Hi!
- What are the advantages of combining wikis and weblogs?
http://bolka.at/pubs/2005/snips.pdf


- Set up your own wiki using http://www.pbwiki.com/
The initial phase is just like setting up an email account. Remember to sign up as an educator so that you have an advertisement-free site. Practice adding photos, audio, and video to the wiki pages.

- Share your wiki via the TESOL CoP blog.

Wikis in Plain English

Cooperative Learning

WIKIS...

Nice, clear... and simple....

http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7004.pdf

Other blogging ideas!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/communicate/blog/

This could be a possible way to show our students how a blog in English can work - what they can do in a blog, using English to communicate with other people from all over the world...

Luv, D
Dani