Weaving Internet in the classroom
byMa. Elena Delgado
ENP1April 2008
Content The blog as a Publishing tool
Teacher and learners blogs Sample Activities : design criteria Other tools
How?, When? Where? Publish activities in a blog. Students check it after class hours At school, at home…
Blogs in class …
Information is typed and published with a
Anyone who can type, copy, and paste can create and maintain a blog.
The sequence of writings create a record of learning and a resource for others.
A blog is interactive, readers can comment.
Types of blogsTeacher Blog
It promotes exploration of English websites. It provides syllabus information
(assignments, upcoming topics). It serves as a resource of links for self-study.
Types of blogs Learners Blog
May be run by individual learners themselves or by small collaborative groups of learners.
Can be used as journals or e-portfolios.
ActivitiesCriteria Linguistic - What do students need to learn,
review, ? How? (by reading,
writing,speaking,listening) Learner´s interest. Difficulty of task: Low tech vs. High tech.Describe the activities in handoutSee printed samples
Sample activities My English4 class In the design you can include
Text Pictures Links Video Interactive activities
You can… edit
deletekeep track of posts Para ver esta película, debe
disponer de QuickTime™ y deun descompresor TIFF (sin comprimir).
Learners blogsE-portfolios, class blogs
http://sandragutierrez509.blogspot.com/
http://alfredoluna509.blogspot.com/
cartoon-festival
Other useful tools… wikis Student´s pagehttp://luisangellopez.blogspot.com/
Para ver esta película, debedisponer de QuickTime™ y de
un descompresor TIFF (sin comprimir).
Tools for blogsfor social networks
and gadgets
Blinklist Neo counter, answers.com
Para ver esta película, debedisponer de QuickTime™ y de
un descompresor TIFF (sin comprimir).
Para ver esta película, debedisponer de QuickTime™ y de
un descompresor TIFF (sin comprimir).
Cell phones = mobility Informal learning ( new learning spaces) Flexibility (anytime, anywhere) To listen to podcasts To create podcasts To create videoclips
Participating groups Group 403B (25 students) Group 413A ( 28 students) Group 509 ( 30 students) Group 501 ( 26 students)
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