blogs & wikis applied to elt
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Just a quick view at possible uses of blogs and wikis in ELTTRANSCRIPT
Blogs and Wikis
Appliedto ELT
By PAULA LEDESMA
AgendaDifference between Web 1.0 and Web
2.0Blogs vs WikisBasic Content General TipsYour Students’ Creations
World Wide Web
ReadingCompanies’ Websites
HypertextAdvertising
TextProfessionalInformation
WEB 1.0
WritingBroadcastingPodcasting
CommunitiesPeer-to-peer
AmateurOpinion
WEB 2.0
Social Networking
Broadcasting
Blogs
Slide shows
Wikis
Podcasting
Online classrooms
Web 2.0
Blogs = weB LOG A Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily. http://www.webopedia.com/
http://www.blogger.com/
http://www.blog.com/ http://www.livejournal.com/
http://www.opendiary.com / http://wordpress.com
http://edublogs.org/
http://www.explorando-web20.blogspot.com/
WikiA Collaborative Web site that comprises the
collective work of many authors. A wiki allows anyone to edit, delete or modify
content that has been placed on the Web site.
http://www.webopedia.com/
http://www.wetpaint.com/ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
http://www.wikidot.com/
http://learn-with-internet.wikispaces.com/
Keep a simple format
Edit your post
Make posts easy to scan for main points
Support your post with links
A short post is easy to remember
Some Useful Tips :
WHAT CAN YOUADD TO YOURBLOG or WIKI
and HOW ?
HOW ?
Upload from PC
Add a link
Add “Embed” code
http://teach-with-internet.wikispaces.com/
“Embed” code<object width="425"
height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s_CGjtnfxB4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s_CGjtnfxB4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Just copy and paste the “Embed” code in the spaces provided
IMAGES
Your Own Photos
http://www.flickr.com/
http://images.google.com.ar/images
http://www.dreamstime.com/
AudioMaterial
http://librivox.org/ AUDIO BOOKS
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=781704&pageno=6
http://www.storybee.org/4through9/4through9.html
http://www.songsforteaching.com/
PODCASTING
PODCAST
An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer.
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
VIDEOSand
SLIDE SHOWS
http://www.youtube.com/
http://www.teachertube.com/
http://www.teachers.tv/
http://www.flixya.com/ http://www.dailymotion.com/
http://video.google.es/
http://video.yahoo.com/
http://www.eslvideo.com/
Your Student
s’ Creatio
ns
http://www.glogster.com/
Sample Glogster embeded in a Wiki
http://suziq56.glogster.com/glog-340-655
http://goanimate.com/
http://voicethread.com
http://www.voki.com/
http://sketchcast.com/
http://animoto.com/
http://www.screentoaster.com/
http://earth.google.com/
http://www.go2web20.net/
http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/acaemics_gifts.asp