This document discusses various web tools that can be used for language learning and teaching. It describes interactive platforms as allowing two-way communication between users and a system. Live sessions allow multiple users to work together and see changes in real-time. Blogs are discussed as allowing users to create and share content with minimal technical expertise. Blogs can be used for educational purposes by teachers to communicate with students and share resources, and by students for writing assignments. Different types of blogs are outlined, including teacher blogs, student blogs, class blogs, and topic-specific blogs.

1. EPC – 3
Critical Understanding of ICT

2. Unit – 3: Web Tools for Language Learning & Teaching
1. Interactive Platforms
2. Live Sessions
3. Blogs, Wikis/groups

3. Web Tools
for
Language Learning & Teaching
Dr. Rohit Bagthariya

4. Web Tools 2.0
The term was invented by Darcy DiNucci in 1999 and later popularized
by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0
Conference in late 2004. Tim O'Reilly described “Web 2.0 is the
business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to
the internet as a platform, and any attempt to understand the rules
for success on that new platform.” While according to Anastasiades &
Kotsiadis(2013), Applications of Web 2.0 can be identified as
technologies for ease of online communication and user interaction.
That depends on users being more involved, collaborative, generative,
responsive and compassionate.

5. Web Tools 2.0
The Web 2.0 differs only from Web 1.0, since Web 1.0 provides
information without user input, while Web 2.0 allows users to
share and create content actively. Web 1.0 is one-way
communication, a lecture or a monologue whereas Web 2.0 is a
dialogue an engaging class discussion or to-way communication.
(Mcleod and Vasinda, 2008) In other words, the web is
transformed from a "read-only" to "Read-Write" (Gilmor, 2007).

6. Web Tools

7. Web tools to…
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 Create & share Content
 Connect & Collaborate
 Organize

8. Interactive Platform
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Allowing or relating to continuous two-way transfer of
information between a user and the central point of a
communication system, such as a computer.
Two (of two or more persons, forces, etc.) acting upon or
in close relation with each other; interacting.

9. Live Session
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A session in which multiple users can work together and
see each other's changes immediately.

10. Web Blogs
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A blog is web publishing software which allows users to
create and edit the content of a web page with minimal
technical expertise (Holtz, 2006).
The user can post, edit or send links, photos, videos and
other information articles quickly. It interactively allows
their visitors to leave comments and messages (Mutum &
Wang, 2010).

11. Web Blogs
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While blogs are not intended for educational purposes and use
directly, they have attracted attention from EFL educators as
they are a tool for creating newspapers without needing any
computer programming experience or knowledge (Wu, 2006).
Due to its collaborative nature, language teachers also use it as a
language teaching tool. A blog for educational purposes is an
educational blog.

12. Types of Blog
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 This can be used to communicate with
students and provide links to
resources.
 Teacher can post homework
assignments and links to useful
resources
Teacher
Students
Class
Project

13. Types of Blog
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 This can be used for variety of writing
assignments.
 They can manage as the focus of
projects by individual students.
Teacher
Student
Class
Project

14. Types of Blog
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 These are student blogs for the whole
class group.
 They are particularly useful in twinning
projects.
 A class blog can link to both individual
student blogs and teacher blogs.
Teacher
Student
Class
Project

15. Types of Blog
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 Blogs need not only be defined by
their users – the subject of a blog is
equally important.
 You can create a blog for specific topic
or a project
Teacher
Student
Class
Project

16. Nothing is constant
Except CHANGE…