Carla Arena Erika Cruvinel Ronaldo Júnior Ideas to Enhance Communication Blogging with Students

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Our Own Beliefs about Blogging Online Social Spaces English Students & You Dialog, conversations, connections, reflection

Euthanasia http://my5a.blogspot.com/2007/04/euthanasia.html

Interaction Teacher’s Biggest Challenge

Blogging is about CONNECTIONS

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Blogging is about CONTENT and GUIDANCE

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Blogging is about COLLABORATING and SHARING

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

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Blogging is about VARYING THE WAYS WE POST

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Blogging is about PERSONAL STORIES, ANECDOTES

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Blogging is about GETTING STUDENTS INVOLVED, MOTIVATED TO GO BEYOND

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

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

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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 Remember! Read other blogs to get some fresh ideas to try out with your students. Encourage the use of higher order thinking Take risks. Try different approaches when posting. Surprise your students, motivate them Check http://bloggingpractices.pbwiki.com/

"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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