blogs, wikis and podcasts
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BLOGS, WIKIS AND PODCASTS
Mauricio Cadavid
Sergio Ospina
Yenifer Agudelo
Language Learning Resources
Universidad de Caldas
2015
By the end of this presentation you will…
• Know the definition of blogs, wikis and podcasts.
• Know how to use each one of them in language teaching.
• Have reference of software and sites to help you set up blogs, wikis and podcasts.
SOCIAL SOFTWARE
Computer tools which allow people to connect, to communicate and to collaborate online.
MATCH
•Web log • „Quick‟ • „iPod Broadcast‟
• Audio/video file that is „broadcast‟ in Internet and can be downloaded.
• Collaborative web space, consisting of a number of pages that can be edited by any user.
• Web page with regular diary or journal entries.
BLOGS Blogs in language teaching
WHAT IS A WEB LOG (BLOG)?
„…a web page with regular diary or journal entries‟ (Harmer, 2007)
BLOG TYPES Blogs for cooking
Blogs for sports
Blogs for music
Blogs for everything you want
BLOGS
Informal
blogrolls
online community
EDUCATION BLOGS
BLOGS IN EDUCATION
Advantages of blogs
Real „world tool‟ for learners to practice English
Interaction with other learners
Public Availability
Accuracy
Assessment
How to use blogs with learners
Stage 1: setting up a sample blog
Stage 2: setting up Students‟ blogs
Stage 3: posting to and visiting blogs
Stage 4: follow-up
SOME BLOG PLATFORMS…
WIKIS Collaborative web spaces
Public web pages
WIKIS
can be written and updated very quickly
using text editing
Have a non-linear structure
Collaborative
Previous versions of the pages are
automatically saved
Straightforward process
allow the import of images and other media files into the webpage
Reading and writing
POPULAR WIKIS
SOME FREE WIKI CREATORS
Why using Wikis in teaching?
They are quick and simple to use and allow collaboration, independently of time and space, via easily accessible online spaces.
They offer authentic writing practice.
They allow students to be actively engaged in reading and writing: correcting, editing, and up-dating. (author, co-author, reader)
They teach students the skills of collaboration alongside language skills.
They present the student writers with a ready audience and critics.
They are flexible enough to incorporate multi-media content.
They can potentially be shared with a wider audience and made public.
Seven Steps towards successful wikis
1. Show students an example of a successful wiki to motivate them.
2. Allow students to choose their own tasks, agreed upon collaboratively, in order to stimulate and maintain their interest.
3. Seed-corn the wiki. Writing on an empty page is always difficult, so start the wiki yourself with a short entry or a set of linked pages.
4. Set clear guidelines and time limits for all tasks, but allow the wiki to stay open even after the tasks are officially completed.
5. During the wiki task phase, check regularly to prevent excess corrections and “wiki-wars” (two students or two groups fighting about editing and reverting to previous versions).
6. Comment on the wiki entries. and encourage writing, editing and linking.
7. Celebrate the completion of a task (by publishing the wiki content to another class or group, inviting their comments).
USING WIKIS WITH LEARNERS
1. Enter http://www.wikispaces.com/
2. Click on ‘Education’
3. Click on „Teachers‟
4. Enter a name for the Wiki, email address and a password.
5. Click on „Create Classroom‟
USING WIKIS WITH LEARNERS
6. Read the information and follow the steps. 7. Click on „Create Wiki‟
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8. Click on „Your industry‟ and choose an option. 9. Click on „Continuar‟
USING WIKIS WITH LEARNERS
10. Fill up with information. 11. Click on „Crear‟
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12. Ready to start editing!
USING WIKIS WITH LEARNERS
TASK 2
1. Create your own wiki site.
2. Set up a simple collaborative writing project. Include:
Title of the lesson
Steps (instructions)
Images or videos
EXAMPLE 1. Title of the lesson: „Interesting Facts about Latin America‟
2. Instructions:
In pairs, you are going to choose a Latin American country. Then, write two interesting facts about it that contain a number of factual errors. Google the facts before start writing.
Part I:
a) Click on ´Add page‟ on the right.
b) Write a name (country) for the new page and click on „create‟ .
c) Add an image that shows a remarkable aspect of the country you chose.
d) Write your facts including some wrong information. Remember to add your names at the end of your facts.
e) Click on „Save‟ before you leave the page.
PART II:
a) Read another group‟s facts.
b) Correct any wrong information that you find with a different font color.
Part III:
a) Go back to your facts and read the corrections that were made. Are they right?
PODCASTS Create. Deliver. Educate.
WHAT IS A PODCAST?
Audio or video broadcast distributed through the Internet on a subscription basis
Thousands of FREE topics to choose from
Based on RSS (Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary)
Portable technology
HISTORY OF PODCASTING
First podcasts in
2004
2005 word of the year -New
Oxford American Dictionary
Nearly 200 million iPods have been sold
> 6 million adults subscribe to podcasts and download onto portable media
device
More than 100,000
podcasts are available
Convenient - listen anytime, anywhere
BENEFITS OF PODCASTING
Portable - download to portable media
device
New episodes automatically downloaded
Free (mostly)
Wide variety of topics
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY
WE’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY
REMEMBER… YOU DON’T NEED AN IPOD
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vpciLIA0Kn4 by jmoonah
Increasingly, the term is also being applied to video
(vodcast)
Podcasting in Education
Publish student work
Assess student learning
Distribute school assignments
Create archive of class lectures
Interview guest experts
Archive oral histories
Communicate with parents
Provide community outreach
Create audio tours
Provide public safety messages
Access personal and professional development
USING PODCASTS IN THE CLASSROOM
“Instead of making kids power down when they enter school, why don‟t we let them use their mobile computer devices and iPods to continue their high powered learning.” -Ewan McIntosh
Podcasting in Education
A podcast is simply an audio program that is usually distributed on the internet and can be downloaded from a website or a school server and listened to on a computer or a portable MP3 player.
It can also be a recording created by a teacher to enhance the learning and teaching process within and beyond the classroom
A podcast or radio
program created by pupils.
What can I listen to?
Anything you want. Choose
from thousands of selections.
Teachers might use podcasting to…
Ensure that curriculum uses technology.
Promote personalized and independent learning.
Create audio material for learning „on demand‟, anytime/anywhere, which Ss can access in their own time.
Engage and motivate ss to progress beyond written work.
Promote creativity in the classroom.
Teachers might use podcasting to…
Supplement existing text resources and audio methodologies.
Provide additional content linked directly to class activities.
Create differentiated materials that can be matched to the abilities, needs and motivation of different Ss.
Students might use podcasting…
To plan, prepare, record and broadcast their work to a wider audience both within and beyond school.
By producing a podcast, students will…
be inspired and motivated not only to be the most creative, but also to use and develop skills including:
Thought showering
Team work
Story boarding
Script writing
Rehearsing
Time keeping
Drafting and editing
Accuracy and presentation
Receiving and responding to feedback from others to their podcasts
Pupils might use podcasting to…
Engage in digital story telling
Practice reading with expression
Create podcast book reviews
Read a play out loud with sound effects (e.G. Door closing, footsteps, thunder and lightning, rain etc)
Conduct interviews
Do a daily/weekly commentary on school activities or news
Give speeches on topics
Engage in debates
Remember: Your greatest podcast resources may well
be those created by yourself and your pupils!
A Few Suggestions
Keep it short and informative.
5 to 15 minutes a good rule.
Collaborate with colleagues.
Talk to students.
Equipment Needed
PC or Mac
Microphone
Video camera (optional for video)
Recording software
Locating and Obtaining Podcasts
Podcatcher software automatically downloads podcasts to your computer and/or iPod or other media device:
www.apple.com/itunes/
juicereciever.sourceforge.net/
www.podcastingnews.com/topics/Podcast_Software.html
Podcast search engines allow you to find podcasts:
www.apple.com/itunes/
www.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Podcasts/Directories/
podcasts.yahoo.com/
www.podscope.com/
getapodcast.com/
podcast.net/
podcastdirectory.com/
ipodder.org/
www.allpodcasts.com/
Planning a Podcast 1. Research your topic.
2. Write out what you plan to say.
3. Block out the segments of your podcast.
a. Typical 60-minute radio show:
b. Introduction and “hook” (a snapshot of what is covered and why listeners would want to listen)
i. Segment 1
ii. Break
iii. Segment 2
iv. Break
v. Segment 3
vi. Break
vii. Final points and summary of podcast
c. Typical 10-minute podcast:
i. Introduction and “hook”
ii. Main segment
iii. Summary of segment
iv. Final points
Recording and Editing Podcasts
To record a podcast, you will need:
1. A computer (any modern computer will do – Mac, Windows, Linux)
2. A microphone http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/blcomparemikes.htm
3. Software to record and edit the podcast. For audio podcasts, Audacity is a good choice. For video podcasts, Windows Movie Maker (Windows) and iMovie (Mac) are good choices.
4. Storage for the audio file you create (a web server)
Software
Audio Software (Free tools)
Audacity (Mac/Windows): http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Garage Band (Mac only – it‟s part of iLife, and is free with new Macs): http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Other tools
Audition (Windows only): http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/
Soundbooth (Mac/Windows): http://www.adobe.com/products/soundbooth/
SoundEdit Pro (Windows only): http://www.rmbsoft.com/sep.asp
Video Software
iMovie (Macintosh only): http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Windows Movie Maker (Windows only):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/cr
eate/default.mspx
Avid FreeDV (Mac/Windows): http://www.avid.com/freedv/
MovieWorks (Mac/Windows): http://www.movieworks.com/
Quicktime (Mac/Windows): http://www.quicktime.com/
Director (Mac/Windows):
http://www.adobe.com/products/director/
WindowsMedia: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia
TASK 3
1. Use your cellphones and in groups create a podcast for your students and upload it to your WIKI and to our FACEBOOK page.
HOW MUCH DID YOU LEARN?
1. BLOGS AND WIKIS ARE EXAMPLES OF…
a)social networks
b)social software
c)social media
d)none
2. TRUE OR FALSE?
The term wiki comes from the Hawaiian Word for „quick‟
true
3. RIGHT OR WRONG?
The term podcast is a combination of the words „ipod‟ and „forecast‟
Wrong
REFERENCES
Dudeney, G., & Hockly, N. (2007). How to teach English with technology. Harlow: Pearson/Longman.
http://ict-rev.ecml.at/Portals/1/documents/Wiki_offline.pdf