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This is a list of theoretical articles about teaching EFL/ESL, and of online journals that might be useful in SLA research.
Updated on 2009-12-18
Created on 2009-04-08
Category: Computers & Internet
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Why Wordle-By Steven W. Anderson
Not only talkes about this little tool, but mentions how useful Twitter is too.
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Technology Integration for Teachers - Home
"The purpose of this site is to take an extensive list of websites that are considered high quality, reliable, and valuable and organize them in a way that even "non-techy" teachers can utilize them. It took around 10 years to collect these resources, but new ones are found every day. All of these websites have been recommended by other teachers and educational organizations and qualify as "the best". You'll find support for all core curriculum areas. In addition, you will find lesson plans, multimedia, and primary sources to enhance your students' learning environment."
by Nadine Norris, a tech specialist for elementary schools near Chicago, IL.
Has a wide variety of explanatory pages: tools to use with core content areas, project-based units, rethinking Powerpoint and classroom presentations, a blog highlighting social media, and advice about using digital literacy skills and research skills on the Internet. -
elearnspace. everything elearning.
"Welcome to elearnspace! This site and blog explore elearning, knowledge management, networks, technology, and community.
Many resources exist for elearning, yet a model of how the pieces fit together is often missing. elearnspace has been organized to present a whole picture view of elearning"
George Siemens' collection of interesting articles, mainly about connectivism. -
elearnspace. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age
"In the original 2004 article I stated: "The pipe is more important than the content within the pipe. Our ability to learn what we need for tomorrow is more important than what we know today. A real challenge for any learning theory is to actuate known knowledge at the point of application" (Conclusion section, � 1). I find Verhagen�s (2006) critique falls at precisely this point.
The core of what I wrote in the initial article is still valid: that learning is a network phenomenon, influenced (aided) by socialization and technology. Two years is a lifetime in the educational technology space. Two years ago, web 2.0 was just at the beginning of the hype cycle. Blogs, wikis, and RSS�now prominent terms at most educational conferences�were still the sandbox of learning technology geeks. Podcasting was not yet prominent. YouTube didn't exist. Google had not released its suite of web-based tools. Google Earth was not yet on the desktops of children and executives alike�each thrilled to view their house, school, or business in satellite images. Learning Management Systems still held the starting point of most elearning initiatives. Moodle was not yet prominent, and the term PLEs (personal learning environments) did not exist. In two years, our small space of educational technology evolved�perhaps exploded is a more accurate term." -
Death by PowerPoint
A very useful demonstration of how to make a good PowerPoint presentation. Might be very useful for helping students design their projects.
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Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
Jane Hart's blog on various aspects of technology and social networking.
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Dogme 2.0: Some Thoughts on Guidelines or “Vows”
This teacher blog has lots of interesting articles, but this particular one relates to the virtual world of Dogme. The author conveys some methodological guidelines for using the world, and some of the pedagogical background inspiring the use of VR in learning and teaching.
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Avealmec - Venezuelan CALL Association
This blog has links to recordings of the presentations from the AVEALMEC conference of November 2009. Some really good ones on social networking, etc.
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Flat Classroom Project - Building bridges for the future through collaborative projects
"Building bridges for the future through collaborative projects"
This site is a huge collection of inter-related blogs, videos of collaborative student projects, likes to wikis, Twitter and Skype pals, etc., etc.--open the box and start devouring the candy! Based on Tom Friedman's concept, "the world is flat," this is the place to find help with teaching, display your students' work, discuss issues and projects, et al. -
Second Life, Social Networks and ELT: Second Life, Social Networks and ELT
This blog has embedded videos showing sessions in Second Life in Dafne Gonzalez's ELT classes.
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Issues in Digital Technology in Education/Second Life - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
"This wikibook article discusses Second Life, a virtual environment. The first part of this article, Introduction, gives a brief introduction to virtual environments and to the features of Second Life. The second part of this article, Characteristics of Second Life, discusses the theoretical features of virtual environments. The third part, Uses of Second Life & Projects in Second Life, focuses on uses of Second Life for social activism, education, and language teaching and learning. The final part of this article, Criticisms, Problems, and Limitations, includes a discussion of the most serious social problems occurring in Second Life and the constraints that individuals face when using Second Life."
This is a very straightforward analysis of Second Life and even considers ethical issues in virtual worlds. -
TeacherTube.com
Videos, including how-tos and content-based stuff (e.g., the 30-60-90 triangle), as well as docs, audio, photos, etc., all created by teachers, for teachers to use.
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Nik's Quick Shout: Web 2.0 Tools for EFL ESL Teachers
Web 2.0 Tools for EFL ESL Teachers\nThis has been a pretty busy week for me, mainly because I delivered my first online technology training presentation (8th September 2009) using the Adobe Connect Pro platform. I have to thank Jürgen Wagner and Verena Heckmann, e-learning specialists at the Landesinstitut für Pädagogik and Medien in Saarbrücken Germany, for offering me this opportunity to get online and promote and share some of the technological tools and activities I believe can be so helpful to EFL and ESL teachers. (Nik offers ways to use the tools as well as careful explanations of how to get started with them.)
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adVancEducation: Social Networking for students and teachers who only know Facebook
Vance Stevens discusses social networking in his blog. Links to specific lesson plans using Web 2.0 tools.
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Make Beliefs Comix For Educators
Offers educators a number of creative ways to use comics in the classroom. For example:
At the beginning of each new school year have students create a comic strip talking about themselves and their families or summarizing the most important things about their lives. Let each student select a cartoon character as a surrogate to represent her or him. After students complete their strips, encourage them to exchange their comics with classmates to learn more about each other. Students can also create strips that summarize what their individual interests to help a teacher to learn more about them. -
Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
A recent 93-page report on online education, conducted by SRI International for the Department of Education, has a starchy academic title, but a most intriguing conclusion: “On average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”
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Online Teaching : The e-Teaching Community on WiZiQ
Looks to be an interesting community that uses WiZiQ and shares information.
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Technology and Community
Tools and Technologies for Forming Community. A great testimonial to the Webheads and the building of community.
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Communities of Practice (CoP): Definition, Indicators and Identifying Characteristics
Distance Consulting group -- this is a definitions page.
"One of the best-known examples of a CoP was formed by the copy machine repair technicians at Xerox Corporation. Through networking and sharing their experiences, particularly the problems they encountered and the solutions they devised, a core group of these technicians proved extremely effective in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of efforts to diagnose and repair Xerox customers’ copy machines. The impact on customer satisfaction and the business value to Xerox was invaluable. Yet, for the most part, this was a voluntary, informal gathering and sharing of expertise, not a "corporate program" (however, once the company realized the value of the knowledge being created by this CoP, steps were taken to support and enhance the efforts of the group)."
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