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Possibilities of Web 2.0 Technology in Teaching EFL Writing: Use of Groupware, Weblog and BlogCasting

YASUDA, Masami,

Kwansei Gakuin Univ.,

Myasuda[at]kwansei.ac.jp

WorldCALL 2008 Fukuoka International Congress Center, and Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan 5-8 August, 2008 Aug.7, 2008 WorldCALL 2008 Fukuoka Intern’l Congress Center, Fukuoka, JAPAN. E-Learning at KG Univ.

2. Introduction - L2 writing

Dichotomies/Dilemmas

Fluency and accuracy

Contrastive rhetoric debate

Process vs. Product debate

Assessment

Feedback and error correction

Casanave, Christine Pearson. (2004). Controversies in second language writing. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Univ. of Michigan. Cornor, Ulla (2002). New directions in contrastive rhetoric, TESOL Quarterly, 36(4) , pp. 494-510. Hyland, Ken, & Hyland, Fiona. (Eds., 2006). Feedback in second language writing: Contexts and issues. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Sachs, Rebecca, & Polio, Charlene. (2007). Learners' uses of two types of written feedback on a L2 writing revision task, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 29(1) , pp 67-100. Zamel, V. (1985). Responding to student writing. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 79-101.

. Past and Current Project: Email Grading

E-mail work

Video - Separate video output (OHC)

Audio Recording

1) Yahoo site 認証必要 2) Mirror site (infoseek): some years with index only

4. Past Projects: Video Narrative Project

Video Narration –

Student’s audio in Final Project

Student audio in MP3-shrt

Local: audio file

Web site: VoiceBlog site

Past Presentations:

PPT in SWF (3/5/2007)

Local Flash swf file: KG030507.swf

Server: Drive HQ published folder

http://myasuda-foseek- bbs100106-s.html

5. Weblog Projects: since 2006  BlogCasting

Weblog Projects:

http:// advcomp.wordpress.com /

Advcomp.wordpress.com/ RSS FEED mixer-project-2007/

Students Weblogs and comments

Privacy protection with PINs

Advcomp.wordpress.com tag=classblog

myasuda - my.land.to /treebbs/tree.php?n=470

6. Tools: Forum BBS in PHP WELL Project Presentation and others

Portfolio: WELL projects:

myasuda2.hp.infoseek /public_html/032205.f/

Audio Projects:

wiki.livedoor.jp/myasudakg/d/MenuBar2

Forum BBS in PHP

attb - myasuda

http://atbb.jp/myasuda/?infoseek

6.1 Text to Speech Online Tools

1. vozMe:

Type or copy-paste the texts to convert to ‘Create MP3’ at a click!

2. Expressivo – You can listen to books, messages, RSS feeds, articles or even e-mails. You can easily create audio books on your mp3 player. Purchase needed

3. Cepstral - The text to speech conversion to the text into a WAV file. Purchase needed .

Six Online Tools - Text to Speech tools you would not want to miss

TechDune - Tech News, Software & Hardware Reviews, Internet, Humor

vozMe More Tools

6.2 Text to Speech Online Tools (2)

4. Ivona Speech Synthesizer –

Text to speech conversion tool online

5. SpokenText - SpokenText.net Converts & records to speech automatically:

PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files,

RSS news feeds, emails and web pages.

6. Talkr –

Converts RSS feeds into MP3 files

Text to Speech tools you would not want to miss (2)

TechDune - Tech News, Software & Hardware Reviews, Internet, Humor

Notes: ‘ MacinTalk ’ on Macintosh – has a longer history on Text2Speech ! More Tools

7. Past Project (2) : Web log Projects - 2006

Weblog Projects:

Advcomp.wordpress / RSS Mixer Project-2007

RSS readers

RSS: Rich Site Summary  wikipedia / Rss_feed

RSS reader service: Infoseek (example)

http://reader.www.infoseek.co.jp/reader/

My Intro of RSS and Podcasting for Students:

Podcasting with RSS and WEB 2.0

Composition grading: Online

Slide show: How to post & read threads:

Slide.com-Embedded View

Skip to 2007 Next slide

. RSS Readers

RSS readers

My Intro of RSS and Podcasting for Students:

Web site - Podcasting with RSS & WEB 2.0

Local file: Podcastingrss.html

What is RSS ? Video

dotsub.com /films/ - Captioned video site (ENG, FR, GER, JPN, etc.)

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. Web log Projects – 2006 : How to read students’ Blog threads: via WEB Portal Page

. Additional Benefit: BlogCasting by RSS Mix & Podcasting

Forum BBS in PHP

attb – myasuda

“ Feed2Podcast” – 2006

RSS mixing and audio generation

How to register RSS?

Registering my WordPress blog site

New feed (XML) to be created

http://atbb.jp/myasuda/?infoseek

But, No Longer Available! - 2007

Out of service! “Feed2Podcast”

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. BlogCasting : RSS Mixing and Podcasting

“ Feed2Podcast”

No Longer Available! 2006

Out of service! “Feed2Podcast”

Configuring Widgets: Still i mages posted at PHP Forum site in 2007

Reactivated but gone again. Feed2Podcast setting images

Skip to 2007

. RSS Mix: Podcasting students’ Blogs standalone slides show (exe) uploaded Next slide

. RSS Mixing (2): Podcasting with Vocal Fruits Show time : Join05210700005.avi Show time : Join05210700008.avi Next slide 052907-MySlideshow-audio.html

. BlogCasting: Web log Projects - 2007

RSS mixer with Text2Speech

“ Odiogo.com”

“ Talkr”

My memos:

PHP Forum site

Back to 2006 Next slide

. BlogCasting: (2) Web log Projects - 2007

Students WordPress Blog, via Odiogo.com

WordPress: 2007 - “Great oaks from little acorns grow”

Free e-mail Sign up: Odiogo.com sign_up.php - Blog or Feed URL

HTML: iTunes and other RSS feeds via Odiogo.com: Podcasts-html.php with Audio JAVA icons

Xml: (for Feed Browsers ONLY) - Diego Feed site: Podcasts-xml.php

And! Not only MP3 but also ??? to display on Jet Audio, iTunes, and iPods

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Students’ WordPress Blogs, via Odiogo.com

HTML: iTunes and other RSS feeds via Odiogo.com: Podcasts-html.php with Audio JAVA icons

Memos: PHP Forum: thread 313#313

Yes! Not only MP3 but also ----

Jet Audio - Lyrics!! embedded in MP3

Play & view, on Jet Audio , iTunes , and iPods! - Awesome

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MP3 with Lyrics!!

Jet Audio - Embedded in ID tags via Jet Audio

Play & view, on Jet Audio , iTunes , and iPods! – Awesome!!

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Students’ WordPress Blogs, via Odiogo.com

Simple PodCasting site:

kglaw.muxtape.com

Memos: PHP Forum: thread 313#313

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. Summary: BlogCast with RSS Mixing and Text2Speech RSS Mixer with Text to Speech Playlist, Feed, New XML iPods, iTunes, Presentations , Other PodCasting sites Next slide?

22. Text to Speech Tools: Windows