Blogs, Wikis and Podcast
A. Terminology: blogs, wikis and podcast
- ICT tools which encourage users to collaborate and communicate online. Typically thay allow multiple authorship, and content is generated by the users.
2. Blogroll
- Alist of links to other blogs.
3. Edublog
- A blog used in education.
4. Blogfade
- The lack of enthusiasm one feels for one’s blog, after a time.
5. Blogger.com
- A well-known site where one can easily set up a blog.
6. Vlog
- A video blog.
7. Wiki
- A collaborative webspace consisting of several linked web pages, that can be edited by several people.
8. Wikipedia
- A well-known collaborative encyclopedia on the internet.
9. Pbwiki
- A user-friendly site where people can easily set up a wiki
10.Podcast
- An audio or video file which can be downloaded to a personal computer or to a mobile device such as an MP3 player.
11.Podcatching software
- The software needed to download a podcast.
12.Vodcast
- A podcast in the form of video.
13.Coursecasting
- Course lectures delivered in podcast format – increasingly popular in tertiary education.
14.podOmatic
- A user-friendly site where one can easily create and record a podcast.
B. Blogs
1. A blog with personal information, such as hobbies and interests, family or home.
- Suitable for student blog
2. A blog with links to further explore topics covered in a speaking class
- Suitable for class blog
3. A blog setting extra homework activities for learners.
- Suitable for tutor blog
4. A blog of class project work (posters produced, text written, photograph)
- Suitable for class blog and student blog
5. A blog describing learners’ summer holiday
- Suitable for student blog
6. A blog describing different festival days in the learners’ country/countries
- Suitable for student blog, tutor blog and class blog
- What is the essential difference between a blog and wiki?
- Blog consisting one page, but wiki consisting several pages
- Which of the activities described in activity B above could also work well in a wiki?
· All of them, because actually wiki has the same design as blog. However, wiki has several page in one address.
D. Podcast
- Lerners listen to podcast
- Advantages : Learners can find native speakers
It will be easy and simple
· Disadvantages : ~
- Learners create podcast
· Advantage : Learners can create their own practice to be uploaded
· Disadvantages : It does not work well for several learners which only have to listen, they create podcast, but not in a good purpose.
