A quick tour through internet tools

Blogs

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BlogBlog

A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.

Examples of blogs

http://etasblog.wordpress.com/ http://illya-cll.blogspot.com/ http://illyasenglish.blogspot.com/ http://mi-onlinestudy.blogspot.com/ http://illyasoet.wordpress.com/

Blogs http://fwe2.motime.com/ http://projectplatypus2.blogspot.com/ http://6thyear.edublogs.org/ http://caereaders.blogspot.com/ http://thomasja.wordpress.com/ http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com/ http://ehansonsmith.blogspot.com/ http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com/ http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/ http://weblogg-ed.com/ http://blogs4beginners.blogspot.com/

Blog providers

Blogger.com (blogspot address) Wordpress.com Edublog.org (run by wordpress) Motime.com And more

Wikis wiki wiki – Hawaiian for ‘quick quick’

A flexible website A easily changeable Can be altered by many people History of changes viewable Discussion and comments possible

Examples of wikis

http://lizzy.iit.nrc.ca/LizzyHelp/public/wiki.cgi?Lizzy_in_primary_schools

http://westwood.wikispaces.com/ http://seymourhigh.wikispaces.com/Seymour+Web+Design http://caewords.wikispaces.com/ http://bloggingforbeginners.pbwiki.com/FrontPage http://openwebpublishing.wikispaces.com/ http://going-the-distance.wikispaces.com/Collaborations http://wikis.cybernetic-meadows.net/tiki-index.php

YourYour blog and wiki playground

http://illya-cll.blogspot.com/ http://www.blogger.com/ http://wordpress.com/

http://illya-cll.pbwiki.com/ http://pbwiki.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/

RSS feedsRSS – really simple syndicate

Informs you of when additions have been made to the blogs you follow

Example – Bloglines -on the internet, Example – Feeblitz –sends e-mails to you Example – Sharpreader –installed on your

computer Example – Netvibes – offers you a lot more

with custom design

Speaking – non-synchronous

Voice and video mail – non-synchronous

www.springdoo.com Podcasts

http://podomatic.com/

http://odeo.com/

Podcasts

http://storynory.com/ http://www.gigadial.net/public/station/15116 http://splendidspeaking.podomatic.com/ http://dianewallis.podomatic.com/ http://mediasnackers.com/focus/vodcasts/ http://tokyocalling.org/

Speaking - synchronous

Online talk with or without videowww.skype.com

Audio and video chat programs

Communicating

Yahoo groupsSwissenglishLearningwithComputers

? Learning technologies ETAS??? Chat, e.g. msn and yahoo