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Hello My name is Salaeha Chikhama Student code 5211114068 I'm study an English Education Program 03 at Nakhon Si Thammarat Rajabhat University. I come from Narathiwat province.
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This article takes a look at blogging, which is becoming increasingly popular as a language learning tool. It gives an overview of blogging websites, suggests why you might want to use them, and gives some practical advice on setting up blogs for use with your own classes.

What is a blog?A blog (short for weblog) is a frequently updated website that often resembles an online journal. It's so easy to create and update a blog - it requires only basic access to the Internet, and a minimum of technical know-how. Because of this, it is one of the easiest ways to publish student writing on the WWW. It's almost as easy as sending an email.

Nowadays, blogs can also display photos and some people are using them with audio and even video, but this article will concentrate on the basics, showing how a simple text-based blog can be used to great effect with your English language learners.


Types of blogs used in language teaching
Aaron Campbell (2003) has outlined three types of blogs for use with language classes:
  • The Tutor Blog is run by the teacher of a class. The content of this type of blog can be limited to syllabus, course information, homework, assignments, etc. Or the teacher may choose to write about his or her life, sharing reflections about the local culture, target culture and language to stimulate online and in-class discussion. In this type of blog, students are normally restricted to being able to write comments to the teacher's posts. A great example of this is Aaron Campbell's own 'The New Tanuki' http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com/
  • The Class Blog is a shared space, with teacher and students being able to write to the main area. It is best used as a collaborative discussion space, an extra-curricular extension of the classroom. Students can be encouraged to reflect in more depth, in writing, on themes touched upon in class. Students are given a greater sense of freedom and involvement than with the tutor blog. A very good example of what has been done with this type of blog is Barbara Dieu's 'Bee Online' http://beeonline.blogspot.com/) and 'Bee Online 2' http://beeonline2.blogspot.com/
  • The Learner Blog is the third type of blog and it requires more time and effort from the teacher to both set up and moderate, but is probably the most rewarding. It involves giving each student an individual blog. The benefit of this is that this becomes the student's own personal online space. Students can be encouraged to write frequently about what interests them, and can post comments on other students' blogs. For examples, see the links to learner blogs from the class blog and tutor blog examples above.


Of course, teachers who decide to use blogs often use a combination of Tutor or Class blog and Learner blogs, with hyperlinks connecting them.
Why blog?
So, why should you blog with your students? There are many reasons why you may choose to use weblogs with students. One of the best reasons is to provide a real audience for student writing. Usually, the teacher is the only person who reads student writing, and the focus of this reading is usually on form, not content. With weblogs, students can find themselves writing for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, may include their peers, students from other classes, or even other countries, their parents, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet.

Here are some other reasons for using blogs:

  • To provide extra reading practice for students.
    This reading can be produced by the teacher, other students in the same class, or, in the case of comments posted to a blog, by people from all over the world.
  • As online student learner journals that can be read by their peers.
    The value of using learner journals has been well documented. Usually they are private channels between teacher and student. Using a blog as a learner journal can increase the audience.
  • To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.
    The Internet has a bewildering array of resources that are potentially useful for your students. The problem is finding and directing your learners to them. For this reason, you can use your tutor blog as a portal for your learners.
  • To increase the sense of community in a class.A class blog can help foster a feeling of community between the members of a class, especially if learners are sharing information about themselves and their interests, and are responding to what other students are writing.
  • To encourage shy students to participate.There is evidence to suggest that students who are quiet in class can find their voice when given the opportunity to express themselves in a blog.
  • To stimulate out-of-class discussion.
    A blog can be an ideal space for pre-class or post-class discussion. And what students write about in the blog can also be used to promote discussion in class.
  • To encourage a process-writing approach. Because students are writing for publication, they are usually more concerned about getting things right, and usually understand the value of rewriting more than if the only audience for their written work is the teacher.
  • As an online portfolio of student written work.There is much to be gained from students keeping a portfolio of their work. One example is the ease at which learners can return to previous written work and evaluate the progress they have made during a course.
  • To help build a closer relationship between students in large classes.
    Sometimes students in large classes can spend all year studying with the same people without getting to know them well. A blog is another tool that can help bring students together.



Keeping students interested

Many teachers who start to use blogs find the novelty factor is enough to create student interest in starting to use them. However, blogs work best when learners get into the habit of using them. If learners are not encouraged to post to their blogs frequently, then they can quickly be abandoned. A failed experiment. Here, the teacher in the role of facilitator is vital for maintaining student interest. Here are some ideas to how this can be done:
  • Respond to student posts quickly, writing a short comment related to the content. Ask questions about what the learner writes to create stimulus for writing.
  • Students should be actively encouraged to read and respond (through the commenting feature of the blog) to their classmates.
  • Writing to the blog could be required, and it may form part of the class assessment. Students should be encouraged to post their writing homework on the blog instead of only giving it to the teacher.

Reference :
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/blogging-elt
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ESOL= English for Speakers of Other Languages
ELL = English Language Learner(s)
PDF = Portable Document Format
TESOL = Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Then I learned the articles about “Innovative Educational Technology in The Global Classroom”, “On the Problems and Strategies of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching”,and “Thinking on the Application of Multimedia into College English Teaching.”
“Innovative Educational Technology in The Global Classroom”
:In this articles I learned about Integrating Instructional Technology Into an Assigment, integrative with instructional technology, such as online discussion, podcasts,blogs, and wikis.
The ELL Case study
a) prepare a case study by selecting the ELL participant and reviewing several ELL case studied,
b) collect data from the ELL,
c) analyze multiple data sets, and
d) create a problem scenario specific to the ELL by coming up with reflective and discussion questions based on the case study experience.
Blogging
Blogs are online commentary, personal reflections, news on a particular subject. They can include text, graphics, PDF files, picture,and link to otjer blogs, Web pages, and other social media related to a give topic.
***We did so using blog for this website: www.blogger.com ,http://blog.usf.edu,
http://wordpress.org, http://sites.google.com
Podcasting
A podcast is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication. The word replaced webcast in common use with the success of the iPod and its role in the rising popularity and innovation of web feeds.

Creating a wiki
Teachers ca suggested teaching methods and activities to their classmates via a wiki in Blackboard from http://www.blackboard.com

Online Discussion
It can provided a window to observe hoe the presevice teachers constructed knowledge and interacted with other. (written by Deokson Kim)

“On the Problems and Strategies of Multimedia Technology in English Teaching”
I learned about analysis on Necessity of application of multimedia technology to English teaching ,analysis on problems arising from application of multimedia technology to English teaching, and suggestions and strategies to the existing problems.
And the last one the article……
“Thinking on the Application of Multimedia into College English Teaching.”

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Creating blog in www.blogger.comIt publishing tool from Google, for sharing text, photos ,videoand information about me and other.

Adobe Captivate4 Program
For this program I learned with the using for Computer-Assisted Instruction(CAI) for instruction media to students.

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My Learning Reflecion On Lessons...
  This is my learning reflection, I learned and recieved from computer Application for English Teaching in this semester
 So, teacher gave we some question in the first of the subject and there are...
1. List computer technology you used in your study,What are they used for
  -E- Learnig
  -E- Book
  -Microsoft office
  -Youtube
2. List your favorite website, How after do you use them? What can you learn from those website?
  -http:// www.facebook.com/ : to used for share ideas your friends.
  -http:// www.google.com/ : to serch everything information.
  -http:// www.youtube.com/ : to can learning about Thai teacher TV.
3. What computer technology will you use in your classroom ? Why ?
  - Blog and 3G : to share the information.
  -VDO conferent : to communicate to students via this materal.
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Directions : Describe the following terms.

1.Synchronous Tools         Synchronous tools enable real-time communication and collaboration in a "same time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect at a single point in time, at the same time. Synchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to engage people instantly and at the same point in time. The primary drawback of synchronous tools is that, by definition, they require same-time participation -different time zones and conflicting schedules can create communication challenges. In addition, they tend to be costly and may require significant bandwidth to be efficient.
2.Asynchronous Tools        Asynchronous tools enable communication and collaboration over a period of time through a "different time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect together at each person's own convenience and own schedule. Asynchronous tools are useful for sustaining dialogue and collaboration over a period of time and providing people with resources and information that are instantly accessible, day or night. Asynchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to involve people from multiple time zones. In addition, asynchronous tools are helpful in capturing the history of the interactions of a group, allowing for collective knowledge to be more easily shared and distributed. The primary drawback of asynchronous technologies is that they require some discipline to use when used for ongoing communities of practice (e.g., people typically must take the initiative to "login" to participate) and they may feel "impersonal" to those who prefer higher-touch synchronous technologies.
Reference :
http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?itemnumber=13572
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>>Exercise>>
Directions: Find words or phrases standing for the following acronyms with
short descriptions.

1.IT Information Technology

2.ICTInformation and Communication Technology

3.CAIComputer-Aided Instruction

4.CALLComputer Assisted Language Learning

5.WBIWeb-Based Instrution

6.CBIComputer Based Instrution

7.CMCComputer Mediated Communication

8.TELLTechnology Enhanced Language Learning

9.MUDMulti User Domains

10.MOOMulti Object Oriented

Thank you for information from http://www.abbreviations.com/





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