Addition to Presentation

I really wanted to include this in my presentation, but since time was tight I decided to skip it. It's more about self-education through blogs, and there are some really nice points brought up here:

http://www.wideawakeminds.com/2008/11/self-education-through-blogging.html

"Blogging about a topic that interests you can be a useful method of self-education.

-The pressure to post at least a little bit every day or so is useful if you are trying to learn more about the topic of your blog; it's a fun way of imposing some discipline on your studies. 

-If one of the purposes of your blog is to share links to articles and websites about your topic, the act of finding articles and websites to link to can serve as a useful reminder to read widely about your topic and keep up with the latest news and opinion about it.

-Becoming a blogger means getting into the habit of writing regularly and articulating your ideas in a compelling way; developing your verbal and writing skills is essential to your self-education regardless of what you study.

-The act of writing (and re-reading what you write) about a topic helps you better retain and recall what you have learned."

Presentation Links

This post is a personal aid for me to use during our presentation today.

http://edublogs.org/ - create your own blog, blogs sorted by topics, age ranges
http://edublogawards.com/ - awards of the previous link
http://viewsfromthewhiteboard.edublogs.org/ - teacher blog
http://english-summer.blogspot.com/ - self education
http://www.wideawakeminds.com/2008/11/self-education-through-blogging.html - on self-education

I've found a blog about Learning Spanish through pop culture! :) It is very good!

You can discover it here: http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/

A different approach: self education

There are blogs connected to language learning that were not created with educational purposes. I found this blog ran by a Spanish man in which the owner recaps his adventures in the process of learning English himself.

So, he is not a teacher, but in the end, his blog still fares as an educational tool pretty well. It would be especially interesting for a language teacher to look through his entries, so one could find what a Spanish speaker has problems with the most, and adjust his/her teaching practices accordingly.

Of course, the main goal of this blog is his self-development, as he notes he gets some e-mails which correct his English. Also, there are some nice tips for everyone in this blog.

Here is the blog.

Language learning and technology

This is an article about blogs and wikis. It is worth reading. :))

http://llt.msu.edu/vol7num2/emerging/default.html

Blogs in Plain English

Do not miss this video. It helps understand what blogs are.

Steve Kaufmann's Top 10 Language Learning Blogs

Stewe Kaufmann, who speaks 10 languages, shares his top 10 favourites blogs on language learning.

It's very interesting! :)

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/

http://stujay.blogspot.com/

http://gbarto.com/multilingua/confessions/

http://natural-language-acquisition.blogspot.com/

http://friedelcraft.blogspot.com/

http://onhowtolearn.blogspot.com/

http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/english/

http://thelanguagelearningblog.com/

http://www.towerofconfusion.com/

(It's actually only nine becouse one of the links didn't work)

Nik Peachey

Nik Peachey has a blog about learning technologies for English language teachers. You can find his blog here. I think we are going to use his articles and thoughts in the future. Nik has a YouTube account as well. You can find it here.

Questions

Hey Anita and Nora,

We should find answers these simple questions to help us start blogging:
- What are the most important things students and teachers blog about?
- Who are the most famous student/teacher blogger?
- Why students and teachers should start blogging?
- How can they reach success?

Leave comments.

24 Reasons Why Students Should Start Blogging Today

You can read an interesting article about why students should start blogging, here.

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