Bee,
Thanks for a great set of resource.  A lot of these were new and are 
quite useful.  I also like your thoughts on when you prefer to use a 
wiki or a blog.

Leslie

Barbara Dieu wrote:

> For teachers who attend sessions or workshops online and also with my

> high school students, whom I meet in class but who are also learning

> how to use the different Web 2.0 tools, I have a number of screencasts

> and tutorials I put on a wiki page in case they need to recap later on

> at home. You will notice that most of these tutorials are not mine -

> they have been made by other educators around the world, so no need to

> reinvent the wheel - it is just a matter of finding them online.

> See:

> http://openwebpublishing.wikispaces.com/FAQ2

>

> Some time ago, I made a little booklet online for teachers to learn

> how to use blogs but it must be outdated by now as Blogger has changed

> its dashboard since then. You can always have a look at how it was

> done:

> http://beewebhead.net/blog04/

> Aiden has done the same with Bubbleshare.

>

> I find wikis easier to blogs for posting tutorials and links as other

> teachers can add to your resource list. I use blogs mostly for

> comments. It is important for learners to document their learning

> journey on blogs and have other people read and comment on it.

> Examples:

> Teachers:

> http://lainemarsh.wordpress.com/

> http://namckeand.wordpress.com/

>

> EFL High School Students:

> http://klara22.wordpress.com/evaluation-06/

> http://maela08.wordpress.com/evaluation-2006/

>

> I also find it useful to have a list of technical benchmarks covering

> what should have been completed after a certain time so they can check

> before being evaluated.

> Example:

> http://lycee.wikispaces.com/2nde1

>

> Warm regards from Brazil,

> Bee

>

>

>   



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