Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j7GDZZG08161; Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:35:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:35:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050816093238.00c8c4e8@mail.psnyc.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Mariann Fedele <mariannf@lacnyc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3745] Re: blogs, wikis, podcasts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 3859 Lines: 136 Please also add the following wiki to the compilation: The Writing Together wiki: http://seedwiki.com/wiki/writing_together Best, Mariann At 05:03 PM 8/15/2005 -0400, you wrote: >Hello All, >Based on recent discussions and a little research I compiled some blog, >podcast and wiki resources that you may find useful (see below). >If you know of others that I have missed please send them on to the list. >Best, >Mariann > > >Blogs, Podcasts and Wikis > >Blogs >Blogs can be used to demonstrate learning and to post your thoughts, and >ideas. >Definitions: >1. Blog is short for web log. A web log is a journal that is frequently >updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally >represent the personality of the author or the Web site. > >2. Short for web log, a publication of personal thoughts to a web site in >reverse chronological order; the content and quality varies greatly >depending on the purpose of the author. Many bloggers view the writing as >an online diary with an audience. Web logs began in mid 1990s with the >advent of free web publishing tools. > >A compilation of blogs by, for and about ESOL/EFL >http://esl.osu.edu/staff/bloch/weblog/esl.htm > >A blog about pod casting for ESOL/EFL >http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/ > >A blog for ESOL students, developed in Sydney, Australia >http://ourenglishclass2.blogspot.com/ > >A blog by ESOL teacher Barry Bakin >http://www.pacoimaesl.blogspot.com/ > >OLDaily (Online Learning Daily), the main theme of this blog, is on-line >learning >http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm > >Technology and Literacy in Deaf Education >http://literacytechnologyindeafed.blogspot > >New Ways of Thinking about Literacy and Learning >http://literacyandlearning.blogspot.com/ > >To start you own blog, try Blogger >http://www.blogger.com/start > >Pod cast >Podcasts can be used to connect directly to learning activities or create >your own. >Definition: >1."Pod casting" is making audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) >available online in a way that allows software to >automatically download the files for listening at the user's convenience. > >Pod casts to learn English >http://www.englishcaster.com/ > >An pod cast site by Steve Quann on informal English >http://steve.podblaze.com/ > >A Podblaze site for ESL students >http://esl.podblaze.com/ > >To start a Podblaze podcast >http://podblaze.com/ > >A blog about pod casting for ESOL/EFL >http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/ > >Adult Literacy and Technology Blog >http://www.literacytech.org/blog.html > >Wiki >Wikis can be used to collaborate in a shared learning experience. >Definitions: >1. A wiki is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an >Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. The term Wiki >also refers to the collaborative software used to create such a website >(see Wiki software). The name is based on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, >meaning "quick." > >Adult Literacy Education wiki >http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page > >Grassroots Literacy Coalition wiki >http://www.glcnyc.org/wiki/wiki.php/Wiki/HomePage > >Wikipedia, the groundbreaking collaborative encyclopedia is one of the most >well-known examples of wiki technology. >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > >To create a wiki using free Mediawiki software >http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki > > > > >Mariann Fedele >Coordinator of Professional Development, >Literacy Assistance Center >Moderator, >NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List >32 Broadway 10th Floor >New York, New York 10004 >212-803-3325 >mariannf@lacnyc.org >www.lacnyc.org > > > Mariann Fedele Coordinator of Professional Development, Literacy Assistance Center Moderator, NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List 32 Broadway 10th Floor New York, New York 10004 212-803-3325 mariannf@lacnyc.org www.lacnyc.org
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