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Blog Assisted Language Learning (BALL)
English Focus Group
ITE Section
Education Bureau
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The Introduction Part
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The learning community
What is a learning community? A learning community is a group
of people who share common values and beliefs, are actively engaged in learning together from each other.
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IT in Education Section, EDBRe-deployment of COE Teachers in 2006
Key Learning Areas ( 5 working groups ) Chinese Language English Language Mathematics Science Arts and Physical Education
Technology ( 4 working groups ) WebQuest Campus TV and Video-Conferencing Mobile learning platforms New Technology
9 Focus Working Groups 9 Focus Working Groups
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Ju Ching Chu Secondary School (Tuen Mun)CCC Kei Wa Primary School (Kowloon Tong)
Core Members of the English Focus Working Group in 2006
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We are pondering at 2 levels…
How to build English learning communities in our own school?
How to build English learning communities in Hong Kong?
September 2006 – December 2006
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25.12.2006
A lesson learnt from Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2006
The Rising Web 2.0Blog, Youtube, Wiki
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online learning community
An online learning community is a common place on the Internet that addresses the learning needs of its members through proactive and collaborative partnerships.
Blogs blend personal journaling with social networking to create environoments rich with opportunities for reflection.
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1. The Teachers’ Weekly□
2. The Students’ Bulletin Board
3. F.1 Chinese Teacher and Student Blogs□
4. F.2 English Teacher and Student Blogs □
5. F.3 Civics Ed Teacher and Student Blogs
6. The Olympics Blog□
7. The Library Blog
8. The Form-Teacher’s Blog
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The Teachers’ Weekly (教師週記 )
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Our recommendation to ITE Section, EDB
1. Joining force with the Chinese Focus Working Group to promote BALL
2. Training the language teachers to master b logging
3. Dissemination of good practices through publication of good cases, workshops, public media, etc.
4. Creating a secured HKEDcity platform5. Launching the Teacher Blog Promotion Sch
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Strategies
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We are pleased to see that ….
So many good practices of BALL activities have emerged!
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End of the Introduction Part