Wednesday 26 January 2011

Using Blogs #1

What is a blog?
  • short for 'web log'
  • a web page with regular diary or journal entries
  • easy to set up and use
  • regularly post comments, thoughts, analyses, experiences of daily life, interesting links, jokes or any other form of content
  • consists of written text, pictures, photos, audio or video
  • creat an online community around a commom topic, interest or person

Blogs in Language Teaching
  • edublogs: class blog, tutor blog, student blog
  • can be set up by teachers and/or learners
  • can be used to connect learner to other communities of learners, for example to a class in another country
  • the ideas and content can be generated and created by learners, either individually or collaboratively

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