"Blogging as an (e) affective tool"  Experiences in an Applied Linguistics Course

Prof. Liliana Buitrago A.lilib17@unefm.edu.ve

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