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Resources for weblogging educators

The following is being prepared in preparation for TESOL 2008 in New York City: Teaching writing in online and paper worlds. Demonstration, Writing IS, Liberty Suite 2, Sheraton, Thurs. Apr. 3, 4:00-4:45. Join us! I hope this site is useful!
-Thomas Leverett, CESL, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale IL USA 62901-4518.


[ Teaching writing in online and paper worlds ]
[ Portfolios in intensive English programs ]

Communities of teachers who use weblogs

  • dekita.org
  • Webheads
  • Blended learning and instruction
  • Weblogs in higher education
  • EdBlogger Praxis
  • EFL Classroom 2.0 (Ning)
  • Weblogs about teachers using weblogs & technology

  • Weblogg-ed
  • adVancEducation, Vance Stevens
  • BlogEFL: using weblogs in English language teaching, Graham Stanley
  • edu.blogs.com, Ewan McIntosh
  • 21st century collaborative
  • ICT in my classroom, T. Barrett
  • Nik Peachey
  • Student weblog communities

  • Dekita Orchard
  • Bee Dieu, Blogging from the tropics students, Brazil
  • James M. H.'s students, Japan
  • CAE readers, Carla Arena, Argentina
  • Creative Disorganization, stories by students in Portugal
  • CED student blogs, Canada
  • CEF student blogs, Canada
  • The Blurb- students in cyberspace
  • CAE student blogs (2005), Argentina
  • Chris Jones's students (2005)
  • Barbara Dieu's students (2005), Brazil
  • Maria Jordano's students (2005), Spain
  • Iranian med school bloggers (2005)
  • Student project weblogs

  • USA Presidential elections (CESL, March '08)
  • US Economic problems (CESL, Mar. '08)
  • ESL Bullying project (2005)
  • Violent Deer, CESL, 2005
  • Carbondale Halloween CESL 2005
  • ESL/EFL teachers' weblogs

  • Aaron Campbell, Japan
  • Bee Dieu, Brazil
  • Nelba Quintana, Argentina
  • Teaching English in Korea, James Trotta
  • Scott Sommers, Taiwan
  • Doris Molero, Venezuela
  • FCE Blog, Claudia Ceraso, Argentina
  • Michael Ivy, Rome
  • Daniel Kirk, Japan
  • Maria Jordano, Spain
  • Michael Ivy, Italy
  • Neil Whitfield, Australia
  • Nina Liakos, Maryland USA
  • Larry Rhoe, China
  • Brad Stephenson, Japan
  • Michael Coghlin, Australia
  • Nancy McKeand, Louisiana USA
  • Jimbo (Jim Hall), Japan
  • Dennis Newson, CTJ Online, Germany
  • Nathan Bauman, Korea
  • Marie Irene, Venezuela
  • ESL/EFL weblog directories

  • Teresa Almeida d'Eca's Blogs by webheads
  • Tesall bloglog
  • Weblogs of teachers, ITESL-J

  • Advocates of weblogs in education

  • James Farmer, Australia
  • Anne Davis, EduBlog Insights
  • Stephen Downes, Canada
  • Barbara Ganley, Middlebury Univ., VT, creative writing
  • Roy Hornsby, Vietnam
  • Tim Lauer
  • Wesley Fryer, Texas
  • Gareth Long, Cayman Islands
  • EduBlog Insights
  • e-literate, Michael Feldstein
  • Dennis Jerz
  • EdTechPost, Scott Leslie
  • Webloggers' weblogs

  • Dave Pollard
  • Loic Lemeur
  • Jon Husband
  • Scott Nowson, edinburgh
  • L.A. Scheidt
  • Kathy Sierra
  • Rebecca Blood
  • danah boyd, UC Berkeley
  • dr. jill walker (jilltxt) Univ. of Bergen, Germany
  • Other weblogs to visit

  • Weblog pilot project
  • International weblogger's day
  • Slings and arrows
  • incorporated subversion
  • FLNW: Future of learning in a newtworked world
  • Becoming a webhead 2008
  • Becoming a Webhead 2007
  • Langwitches
  • Other weblog communities/weblog directories

  • google weblog directories
  • phd weblogs
  • Authors and writers blog index (getblogs.com)
  • band weblogs (music)
  • blawg, legal weblogs
  • diarist.net
  • guardians' choices
  • kinja
  • library weblogs
  • Weblogs in education: Google
  • Guardian's UK weblogs
  • Getting started

  • BloggerShop (2004)
  • Introduction to weblogs, Univ. of So. Australia
  • Blogging for beginners, TESOL EVOnline, Wk. 4
  • Other presentations on weblogs

  • Using weblogs in language learning classes, Aaron Campbell & Marc Sheffner, JALT preconference workshop, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2006.
  • Barbara Dieu on blogging: Becoming a Webhead 2007
  • Tools for network-building, wikis, etc.

  • Ning, reviewed
  • Classblogmeister
  • pbwiki.com
  • wikispaces
  • zoho.com
  • Weblog matrix- compare weblog tools
  • Tools of the trade, Sharon Betts
  • Voicethreads
  • elearnspace online learning resources
  • 13 tools for tracking discussions: review of aggregators, etc.
  • Collections of articles/research on weblogging

  • Into the blogosphere, U. of MN
  • Weblogs in efl/esl bibliography (CESL)
  • Curt Bonk's references
  • Getting Blogstreams transcripts
  • This TESOL 2008 presentation

    Teaching writing in online and paper worlds (home)
    1. Communicative competence in the digital age
    2. Fitting weblogs into a coherent writing pedagogy
    3. Publishing is non-count; assignments are count
    4. Digital fluency as goal and objective
    5. Why are social networkers always in MyFace?
    6. Using chat in esl/efl writing classes
    7. Line editing as a way of life

    TESOL 2007 presentation

  • Weblogs for fluency, skills, and integration (home)
  • Ways to use weblogs, weblogging as a genre
  • Kinds of fluencies
  • Skills
  • Integration: into what?
  • Weblogs happen; stuff happens on weblogs
  • Practical concerns; New blogger, old mac
  • Weblog portfolios; putting it all together
  • Portfolio showcase
  • Related articles, presentations, etc.

  • Leverett, T. (2007, Mar.). Weblogs for fluency, skills, and integration. Writing IS, TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA. http://www.siu.edu/~cesl/teachers/pd/wf.html.

  • Leverett, T. (2006a, Aug.). This is your class on weblogs. Teaching English with Technology 6, 3. IATEFL Poland Computer SIG Publication. http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/j_tech25.htm#cla

  • Leverett, T. (2006b, Aug.). Three ways to integrate weblogging into your writing clases. Teaching English with Technology 6, 3. IATEFL Poland Computer SIG Publication. http://www.iatefl.org.pl/call/j_tech25.htm#way.

  • Leverett, T. (2006c). Daring to enter the blogosphere. Prog. Admin. IS, Paper, TESOL Convention, Tampa, FL, Mar.

  • Leverett, T. (2005). One teacher's perspective on weblogs in a curriculum, from Teaching teachers to use weblogs, Internet Fair, CALL-IS, TESOL 2005, San Antonio, March.

  • Montgomerie, J. (2005). Simple and meaningful: ESL writing for adults , from Teaching teachers to use weblogs, Internet Fair, CALL-IS, TESOL 2005, San Antonio, March.

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