4. Why add communication
technologies to your curriculum?
Students are already expert users
Pushes language learning outside
the classroom
Promotes authentic language use
5. Does the technology increase
the efficiency of student
learning?
What does the technology
allow me to do that I can’t
already do using other means?
Does the technology decrease
my workload?
6. How can the new technology fit
into my curriculum?
7. What is the right tool to use
for the task I want to do?
Blogs, Voicethread, & Wikis
8. A blog is an online, semi-public journal
that displays the user’s posts, and
allows visitors to post responses
Blogging = individual reaction to
something + the comments of others
Informal, independent writing
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12. Blogging = individual reaction to
something + the comments of others
Informal writing
Autobiography
Student responses to reading, films,
class discussions, curriculum topics
Add pictures, links
Students, teacher subscribe to each
others’ blogs
13. What are the potential problems of
asking your students to keep a
blog?
14. Group conversations are collected and
shared in one place
Multimedia slide show (posted by students
or the teacher)
◦ Pictures
◦ Documents
◦ Video
Students comment on the slide show using
◦ Text
◦ Audio
◦ Video
18. Wiki = web-based collaborative writing
space
Wiki wiki means ‘quick’ in Hawai’ian
Allows multiple users to add and edit
content of one shared space
Users add new pages to create a
network of hyperlinked documents
More student control = more success
19. Class Resource - Students write an online
text of your curriculum, adding links to
expand class knowledge
Group Projects - Build collaborative pages,
start discussions and encourage comments.
Student Portfolios - Give students their
own page to post content, upload
homework, and share their work.
(from pbworks.com/content/edu-classroom-teachers)
22. 1. Go to www.wikispaces.com
2. Click on ‘Wikis for individuals
and groups”
3. Register
23. Write a few sentences about yourself or
something you’re interested in.
Add a picture you like from the Internet
(first download the pic to your desktop)
Create links to 3 other pages
Add links to your favorite websites
Add a video you like from youtube.com
Click on ‘Gadgets’ and add something else!
