Blogs, video blogs, audio blogs and language teaching
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A look at the potential of blogging in language teaching: from learning theories to educational practice by way of these flexible tools for communication, sharing and cooperation.
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Vygotsky L. S. (1978). Mind and society: the development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Ward J.M. (2004). Blog Assisted Language Learning (BALL): push button publishing for the pupils. TEFL Web Journal. 3 (1), pp. 1-16.
Williams J.B, Jacobs J. (2004). Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 20 (2), pp. 232-247.
Zorko V. (2007). A rationale for introducing a wiki and a blog in a blended-learning context. CALL-EJ Online. 8 (2). http://callej.org/journal/8-2/zorko.html (ultima consultazione 06/03/2012).
LINK UTILI http://edublogs.org http://teacherlingo.com/ http://webheadsinaction.org/ http://weblogg-ed.com/ https://www.blogger.com/start?hl=it http://it.wordpress.com/ www.youtube.com - http://www.teachertube.com/ http://vimeo.com/ http://www.archive.org/ http://www.blinkx.com/ http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php http://blip.tv http://www.podomatic.com/featured http://www.podcastalley.com/ http://www.learnoutloud.com/ http://www.audioblog.com/ http://www.fotobabble.com/ http://voicethread.com/
Banzato M. (2006). Blog e didattica. Dal web publishing alle comunità di blog. TD-Tecnologie Didattiche. 38, pp.23-31. Campbell A. (2003). Weblogs for Use with ESL Classes. Internet TESL Journal. (9) 2. http://iteslj-org/techniques/Campbell-weblogs.html (ultima consultazione 04/08/2011).
Downes S. (2009). Blogs in Learning. In S. Mishra (ed.). ELearning, STRIDE Handbook 8. New Delhi: Ians Publishing.
Ellison N., Wu Y. (2008). Blogging in the Classroom: A Preliminary Exploration of Student Attitudes and Impact on Comprehension. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. 17 (1), pp. 99-122. Chesapeake,VA: AACE.
Ebner M., Maurer H. (2008). Can Microblogs and weblogs change traditional scientific writing?. Proceedings of World Conference on E-learning, Las Vegas, pp. 768-776. http://lamp.tu-graz.ac.at/~i203/ebner/publication/ 08_elearn01.pdf (ultima consultazione 04/08/2011).
Ebner M., Lienhardt C., Rohs M., Meyer I. (2009). Microblogs in Higher Education: a process to facilitate informal and process-oriented learning. Computers & Education. 55 (1), pp.92-100.
Fellner T., Apple M. (2006). Developing writing fluency and lexical complexity with blogs. The JALT CALL Journal. 2 (1), pp. 15-26.
Godwin-Jones R. (2006). Tag clouds in the blogosphere: electronic literacy and social networking. Language Learning and Technology. 10 (2), pp. 8-15.
Hsu H., Wang S.K., Cornac L. (2008). Using Audioblogs to Assist English Language Learning: One Investigation into Students’ Perception. Computer Assisted Language Learning. 21 (2), pp. 181-198.
Huffaker O. (2005). The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom. AACE Journal. 13 (2), pp. 91-98.
Jacobs J. (2003). Communication over exposure: the rise of blogs as a product of cybervoyeurism. In C. Hatcher, J. Jacobs, T. Flew (eds.). Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, ANZCA03 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9-11 luglio 2003). Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.
Kern R., Ware P., Warschauer M. (2008). Network-based language teaching. http://gserv02.gse.uci.edu/person/warschauer_m/docs/ network-based.pdf (ultima consultazione 04/08/2011).
Krashen S. (1982). Principles and practice in second language acquisition. Oxford: Pergamon.
Nunan D. (2004). Task-based Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
O’Reilly T. (2005). What is Web 2.0. Design patterns and business models for the next generation software. http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html (ultima consultazione 04/08/2011).
Pinkman K. (2005). Using blogs in the foreign language classroom: encouraging learner independence. The JALT CALL Journal. 1 (1), pp. 12-24.
Por G., Molloy J. (2002). Nurturing systemic wisdom through knowledge ecology. http://co-i-l.com/coil/knowledge-garden/kd/KE.pdf (ultima consultazione 04/08/2011).
Prensky M. (2010). Why YouTube Matters. On the Horizon. Emerald. 18 (2), pp. 124-131.
Richardson W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Corwin, USA: Sage Ltd.
Solomon G., Schrum L. (2007). Web 2.0. New tools, new schools. Washington DC: ISTE
Tan Y.H., Ow J.E.G, Tan S.C (2006). Audioblogging: supporting the learning of oral communication skills in chinese language. AECT Research Symposium. Indiana: Bloomington.
Vyas M.A., Patel Y.L. (2009). Teaching English as a Second Language. A new pedagogy for a new century. New Delhi: PHI Learning Private Limited, pp. 89-99.
Vygotsky L. S. (1978). Mind and society: the development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Ward J.M. (2004). Blog Assisted Language Learning (BALL): push button publishing for the pupils. TEFL Web Journal. 3 (1), pp. 1-16.
Williams J.B, Jacobs J. (2004). Exploring the use of blogs as learning spaces in the higher education sector. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. 20 (2), pp. 232-247.
Zorko V. (2007). A rationale for introducing a wiki and a blog in a blended-learning context. CALL-EJ Online. 8 (2). http://callej.org/journal/8-2/zorko.html (ultima consultazione 06/03/2012).
LINK UTILI http://edublogs.org http://teacherlingo.com/ http://webheadsinaction.org/ http://weblogg-ed.com/ https://www.blogger.com/start?hl=it http://it.wordpress.com/ www.youtube.com - http://www.teachertube.com/ http://vimeo.com/ http://www.archive.org/ http://www.blinkx.com/ http://www.eslvideo.com/index.php http://blip.tv http://www.podomatic.com/featured http://www.podcastalley.com/ http://www.learnoutloud.com/ http://www.audioblog.com/ http://www.fotobabble.com/ http://voicethread.com/