1. FUNtasticWriting.Using Wikis and Blogs in the Language Classroom Elena Moreno Fuentes Escuelas Profesionales Sagrada Familia- Úbeda- XXXIV. GRETA’sAnnualConference. 18th, September2009

2. I’mnotgoingto re-invent theWHEEL!

3. Escuelas Profesionales Sagrada Familia -Úbeda-

5. What do students like?

6. Another old newspaper reading exercise… The well-known listening at the airport… Another grammar exercise…

7. Thisis “TheInconvenientTruth”

8. Easy-writing Wikis Blogs

9. Blogs and Wikis: Makingwritingeasy!

12. Uses and activitiesResources

13. BLOGS

14. What’s a blog? A blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and it combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.

17. StepbyStep.How can wecreate a blog? We can create a blog, by following just 3 STEPS! Go to: http://www.blogger.com/start

21. Wechoose a titleforourentry.

24. Dailyreading

25. On-line verbal exchangebyusingcomments

26. ExploitingESL websites

27. Students’ Journal

29. Types of Blogs

31. EmbedJCLIC, Hotpotatoes, PPT applications

32. Encouragedebatesbyusingcomments

33. Developactivitiesproposedonthe blog byusinglinks

34. Question/Answer: comments

36. Blog Activities EmbedComics createdbystudents. EmbedVideo and Powerpoint EmbedCrosswords. (Writtenvocab.) Post Exchange Letters EmbedSocial Networks’ Links Modifyentriesbystudents Embed a speaking avatar bywritingitsmessage.

38. Users microblog about particular topics.

39. They provide short commentary on a person-to-person level.

40. Similar to SMS.

41. Younger students can take advantage of it.

43. WIKIS

44. What’s a wiki? A wiki is a website allowing the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked Web pages. Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites.

45. What’s a wiki? It is a shared knowledge store based on the Internet’s usability. You can actually see the different versions of the website and its editors.

46. A wiki’sdefinition…

47. Creating a wiki… Wikispaceshttp://www.wikispaces.com Pbwikihttp://pbwiki.com Wetpainthttp://www.wetpaint.com

51. Wiki Activities Create a CollaborativeSite Create a student’sSite Embedtheirfavouritemusic and videos Speakaboutthemselves Create a wholeclasssite Make a webquest

52. Let’s Wiki it! wIKI!

54. http://www.toondoo.com (Comic creator)

55. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/ (Free quiz Maker)

57. Example: I ACT

58. http://bubbl.us/ (Free Mindmaps Creator)

60. http://www.voki.com (Create your own speaking avatar)