Blog Talk
Carla Arena

Online Dialog,
Social English conversations,
Space connections,
Students
reflection
&
s
You

Interaction
Habit Formation

Blogging is about

The Scrapbooking Project

The Scrapbooking Project
http://brazilargentina.blogspot.com

Blogging is about
CONTENT and
GUIDANCE

The International Exchange Project
http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com

Blogging is about
COLLABORATING and
SHARING

http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com/2006/11/two-new-questions-for-emcc-students_08.html
http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com/2006/11/two-new-questions-for-ctj-students.html

http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com/2006/10/dear-all-madonna-is-trying-to-adopt.html

Blogging is about
PROMOTING A DIALOG
FOR BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF
THE WORLD

Brazil and Brazilians - Stereotypes
http://brazilandbrazilians.blogspot.com

http://top21.blogspot.com/

Blogging is about Varying
the Ways we Post

Dfilm
Bubbleshare
Flickr
Picturetrail
Skype
MSN
Mindmeister
Delicious/Diigo Voxopop
Podomatic Vaestro
Gabcast YouTube

http://elearningctj.bloxi.jp/week-2/

http://bleiva2003.motime.com/post/650953/Internet+and+critical+thinking

http://my5a.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-place-i-would-like-to-visit.html

Blogging is about
PERSONAL STORIES,
ANECDOTES

http://elearningctj.bloxi.jp/a/how-we-met-each-other/

http://erikacruvinel.podomatic.com

http://holling.blogspot.com

Blogging is about
GETTING STUDENTS
INVOLVED, MOTIVATED
TO GO BEYOND

http://fwe2.motime.com/

http://ctjonline.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html

http://sambaefl.podomatic.com

http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=6c73dba1250d2beaa81f
YouTube/Google Video

http://ctjonline.blogspot.com/2006/08/welcome-mystery-guest.html
The Mystery Guest Project

http://engelsk.edublogs.org/

Remember!
Surprise your students, motivate them
Join Online Communities of Practice
Invite guests
Collaborate with people from other countries
Guide your students throughout the process
Encourage Interaction
Don’t expect your students to do ALL the job
Feedback is essential
Encourage the use of higher order thinking
Read other blogs to get some fresh ideas
to try out with your students.
Take risks. Try different approaches when posting.
Check http://bloggingpractices.pbwiki.com/

Emerging
Blogging

\"People are practical. They want change but feel powerless, alone,
do not want to be the blade of grass that sticks up
above the others and is cut down.
They wait for a sign from someone else
who will make the first move, or the second.
And at certain times in history, there are intrepid people
who take the risk
that if they make that first move
others will follow quickly enough to prevent their being cut down.
And if we understand this, we might make that first move. \"
Howard Zinn
Historian, playwright, and social activist

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