Just a quick view at possible uses of blogs and wikis in ELT

1. Blogs and Wikis
Applied
to ELT
By PAULA LEDESMA

2. Agenda
 Difference betweenWeb 1.0 and Web 2.0
 Blogs vs Wikis
 Basic Content
 General Tips
 Your Students’ Creations

3. World Wide Web
WEB 1.0
Reading
Companies’ Websites
Hypertext
Advertising
Text
Professional
Information
WEB 2.0
Writing
Broadcasting
Podcasting
Communities
Peer-to-peer
Amateur
Opinion

4. Broadcasting
Blogs
Web 2.0
Social Networking
Slide shows
Podcasting
Wikis
Online classrooms

5. Blogs = weB LOG
A Web page that serves as a publicly accessible
personal journal for an individual. Typically
updated daily. http://www.webopedia.com/
http://www.blogger.com/

6. http://www.blog.com/ http://www.livejournal.com/
http://www.opendiary.com / http://wordpress.com

7. http://edublogs.org/

10. http://www.explorando-web20.blogspot.com/

11. Wiki
A Collaborative Web site that comprises the
collective work of many authors. A wiki allows
anyone to edit, delete or modify content that has
been placed on the Web site.
http://www.webopedia.com/

12. http://www.wetpaint.com/ http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
http://www.wikidot.com/

13. http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://pbwiki.com/

15. http://learn-with-internet.wikispaces.com/

16. Some Useful Tips :
A short post is easy to remember
Keep a simple format
Make posts easy to scan for main points
Support your post with links
Edit your post

17. WHAT CAN YOU
ADD TO YOUR
BLOG or WIKI
and HOW ?

18. HOW ?
Upload from PC
Add a link
http://teach-with-internet.wikispaces.com/
Add “Embed” code

19. “Embed” code
 <object width="425" height="344"><param
name="movie"
value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s_CGjtnfxB4&
hl=en&fs=1"></param><param
name="allowFullScreen"
value="true"></param><param
name="allowscriptaccess"
value="always"></param><embed
src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s_CGjtnfxB4&hl=
en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"
width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

20. Just copy and paste the “Embed” code in the spaces provided

22. IMAGES

23. Your Own Photos

25. http://www.flickr.com/

26. http://images.google.com.ar/images

27. http://www.dreamstime.com/

28. Audio
Material

29. http://librivox.org/ AUDIO BOOKS

32. http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=781704&pageno=6

33. http://www.storybee.org/4through9/4through9.html

34. http://www.songsforteaching.com/

35. PODCASTING

36. PODCAST
An audio broadcast that has been
converted to an MP3 file or other
audio file format for playback in a
digital music player or computer.
http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia

37. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

40. VIDEOS
and
SLIDE SHOWS

41. http://www.youtube.com/

42. http://www.teachertube.com/

43. http://www.teachers.tv/

44. http://www.flixya.com/ http://www.dailymotion.com/
http://video.google
.es/
http://video.yahoo.com/

45. http://www.eslvideo.com/

46. Your
Students’
Creations

47. http://www.glogster.com/

48. Sample Glogster embeded in a Wiki

49. http://suziq56.glogster.com/glog-340-655

50. http://goanimate.com/

51. http://voicethread.com

53. http://www.voki.com/

56. http://sketchcast.com/

57. http://animoto.com/

59. http://www.screentoaster.com/

60. http://earth.google.com/

62. http://www.go2web20.net/

63. http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/a/acaemics_gifts.asp

64. THANK YOU!!!
paulaledesma@hotmail.com