Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts

Supervised by: Mohamed HASSIMDone by : Ikram AIT DRA & Meriam AIT HAMMOU

Master program « TEFL &ICT » 2012/2013

Outline : I. Blogs

II. Wikis

III. Podcasts

I.BLOGS

Blogs in Language Teaching

Might include blogs written by or for teachers, covering a wide range of topics related to education, purpose of classroom instruction, and a developments to learner composition.

EduBlogs

To provide extra reading practice for students

To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.

Types of blogs used in language teaching.

Tutor blog

Student blogs

Class blog

Advantages :

provide a real audience for student writing

Increase the sense

of community in a

class.

Help build a closer relationship between students in large classes

Useful resource for educators and even learners to find information related to their particular discipline or interests.

As an online portfolio of student written work

How to Start Using Blogs with Learners .

Step 1 : Setting up a Sample blog .Step 2 : Setting up students blogs .Step 3 : Posting to and visiting blogs .Step 4 : Follow-up .

WWW.BLOGGER.C

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Wiki Wiki Shuttle at Honolulu International

Airport

II.WIKIS A website created by a group; rather than by an

individual.

Characteristics of WIKI:A wiki invites all users to

Wiki promotes

Wikis for Learning?

 Collaborativ

e Learning

Communication

Engagement

Content DevelopmentParticipation

Group Projects

Information Sharing

III.PODCASTS

What is a podcast ?“Is like a radio or TV show, but the different is that you can listen to or watch a podcast on a topic that interests you whenever you want to. A podcast can be downloaded automatically using RSS. It can be on any topic, and can include music and video”.

•How can we use Podcasts in teaching ?

Distribution of lecture Delivery of

supplemental educational materials and content

Assignments requiring students to produce and submit their own podcasts.

Ss give their thoughts on a topic assigned by the teacher

Oral

diary

Group presentatio

n on a completed

project

Oral book

report

Picture

descriptio

n

story

te

lling

Oral weekly

reportAgony Aunt: Giving advice, Creating riddles, Role play, Debates, Dramatic monologues, Radio Drama...

Podcasting Lectures

Useful for revision

“it helps me to make

sense of my notes”

“I can’t take notes”

“I get things I didn’t understand the first time”

“having the podcast would be reassuring, if for some reason I couldn’t attend the lecture…”

Student-created Podcasts

Stimulating in-class

discussion

Creating study aids

for classmates

Presenting own point

of view

Interviews with

professionals, academics or

experts

lecture summaries instructions for

using

particular

instruments

and procedures

Advantages of Podcast

How to create a project podcast?

Step 1:

- Setting up a podcast page

Step 2:

- Creating learner podcasts

www.podomatic.com

Step 3: - listening to

learner podcast

Step 4 - Students start

making their own podcast

"Podcasting does not contain any inherent value. It is only valuable in as much as it helps the instructor and students reach their educational goals, by facilitating thoughtful, engaging learning activities that are designed to work in support of those goals."

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