You are welcome to my first lesson. I hope you

enjoy it!

the teacher

WHAT IS SOCIAL SOFTWARE?

SOCIAL SOFTWARE SUCH AS BLOGS, WIKIS AND PODCASTS, IS WHAT ALLOW S PEOPLE TO CONNECT, TO COMMUNICATE AND TO COLLABORATE ONLINE.

BLOGS MAY CONSIST OF;

WRITTEN TEXT, PICTURES OR PHOTOS,

PHOTOBLOGS, AUDIO AND VIDEO.

They cover a wide range of topics related to education.

They can be set up and used by a teacher, by individual learners or by a class.

THEY PROVIDE YOU WITH A

“REAL-WORLD” TOOL WITHWHICH TO PRACTISE YOUR WRITTEN ENGLISH, AS

WELL AS A WAY OF CONTACTING OTHER LEARNERS.

Learners tend to want their written work in

a blog to be as accurate as possible, given

that the blog is publicly accessible, and the

teacher needs to be prepared to give

learners plenty of time for writing, rewriting,

redrafting and checking postings before

they are added to the blog.

Criteria will probably include: Accuracy, Fluency, Coherence, Relevance, Effective use of visuals, Length of postings and Awarness of audience.

1 – SETTING UP A SAMPLE BLOG

2 – SETTING UP STUDENT BLOGS

3 – POSTING TO AND VISITING BLOGS

4 – FOLLOW-UP

HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN BLOG

IT DOESN’T WORK!!!

I almost lost my powerpoint

presentation because of this

link!!!

FOR AUDIO BLOGGING

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

FOR VIDEO FILES

http://www.freevlog.org/

Next lesson will be on:

Wikis and podcasts

SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF DAYS!