BLOGS
interactive websites; owners make posts / write about something and readers can leave comments
A blog is a very effective tool to practice reading and writing, two fundamental skills to be acquired when
learning a foreign language. But it also effective to practice listening and speaking, when certain tools are linked to it or embedded in it.
Here are examples of different type of work done in two of my teacher-student blogs.
Extracurricular activities
- E-card (sent by Sus Nyrop, a Danish teacher-friend; good to learn vocabulary in a fun way)
- Comments from the parents (it's nice to have an outsider perspective and to know what parents think about their YLs work)
- Going to the Zoo (a field trip; interesting to read the dialogue that went on between a student and a teacher in comments #5-10)
Curricular activities
- Visiting a Brazilian blog and doing interactive exercises (includes photos that give an idea of how the classroom is set up)
Other educational blogs
CALL Lessons 2005-2007 (curricular) - Teresa Almeida d'Eça
Have Fun with English! 2 (extracurricular) - Teresa Almeida d'Eça
For older students
Teenage Life (8th grade, 4th year of English) - Etelvira Figueiredo
MEI Level 1 (Spring 2009 English course) - Nina Liakos
In Cyber Touch 2008 (writing course) - Berta Leiva
WIKIS
(collaborative pages and websites such as the one you see in this presentation)
I have never used wiki in class, but have used it for remedial work, as you will see below. The following links also include work done with older students and with teachers.
Remedial work
6th Grade (includes recordings, exercises, scores and feedback for students on their mistakes)
For a university course
Tecnologia Informática III (Dafne Gonzalez) (Wikispaces)
English Advertising (Aiden Yeh)
Online teacher development
BaW09 (you're very welcome to join us!)
Group presentation
Wikis: Collaborative Learning Spaces
To plan and organize a conference
WiAOC2009 (Webheads in Action; several people collaborating)
You're all cordially invited to attend or give a presentation!