blogging (e) affective tool
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Presentation made by Liliana Bruitrago from Universidad Experimental Francisco de Miranda (Coro, Venezuela in the The Web 2.0 for EFL teachers seminar (Nov 2007, Caracas/Venezuela)TRANSCRIPT
"Blogging as an (e) affective tool" Experiences in an Applied Linguistics Course
Prof. Liliana Buitrago [email protected]
UNEFM
The Web 2.0: Podcasts, Blogs, Wikis, Virtual Worlds and Digital Games British Council-AVEALMEC
November 26 - 30, 2007
Audience: •Themselves •Teacher •Other students
Learning OutcomeInformation Process or Product? Reflection InteractionAssessment
The Bloggers
The Learner Blog improves:
•Writing practice (Campbell, 2003)
•Critical Skills
Blogging promotes:
•The students’s output•Independence from the VLE•Students’ Empowerment•Interaction•On-line Collaboration (Godwin-Jones, 2003)
•Creativity
Blogging shows:
•Students’ voices http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_voice
Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
Noam Chomsky
Blood R (2000) Weblogs: a history and perspective http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html
Campbell A (2003) Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes. The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. IX, No. 2, February 2003
Godwin-Jones, R. (2003): Emerging Technologies. Blogs and Wikis: Enviroments for Online Collaboration. Language Learning & Technology. May 2003, Volume 7, Number 2. http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/
Learning Blogs, definition and purposes: http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/blog1.htm