Blogs, wikis, and podcasts

Andina Dwiyani Anwar69100063

Social Software

• Blog a web page with regular diary or journal entries

• Wiki collaborative web space

• Podcast audio and/or video file that is broadcast via internet

Obstacles

• Some teachers are afraid of technology, feel not competent enough

• The lack of control that a teacher may feel about allowing learners to generate and create their own content.

• Assessment?

Blogs in Language Teaching

• class blog used by the entire class members

• Tutor blog a blog set up and maintained by a teacher

• Student blogs learners are encouraged to set up and maintain their own individual blog

Example

• http://internationalexchange.blogspot.com/• http://fceblog.blogspot.com/• http://www.blogger.com• http://wordpress.org

Wikis in Language Teaching

• It is like a public website, started by a person, but which subsequent visitors can add to, delete or change as they wish

• One of the best known wikis is Wikipedia• Another best known is of course pbworks

Podcasts in Language Teaching

• Learners can listen to podcasts made by others

• Or they can produce their own podcasts• Coursecasting lecturers recorded so

that students who miss the class cn download it

• Create using podOmatic

• Find the authentic podcasts such as BBC News