Ideas+for+using+blogs+and+wikis+in+ESOL

**BLOGS**

Create a class blog OR students create their own blogs, creating a class blogosphere. Students can use the blog/s to: • respond to texts • comment on the world • engage in writing/ creating that is personally relevant • record what they are learning from an inquiry • reflect on their learning … (e.g. what you’ve learned in class this week) • reflect on readers’ comments about their posts and learn about other perspectives • self and peer review • share visual images, videos, podcasts …  • Students can deconstruct and comment on other bloggers’ posts • Students add their own observations of ways the class knowledge has spilled over into the “real world.” • A travelogue from a field trip or NON-field trip that the class would have liked to take as a culmination of a unit of study: Our (non) trip to the Vatican and what we (wish) we had seen.

• class wiki with student editorial control. This could work as an online textbook for your curriculum which has been personalised for the class. • publish collaborative assignments •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> A continuing story – students add sentences •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Study guides made by groups •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Vocabulary lists and examples of the words in use •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> The wiki as the organizational and intellectual epicentre of your class •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> An annotated collection of EXAMPLES from the non-school world for anything •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> What I Think Will Be on the Test/ In The Exam wiki: a place to log review information for important concepts throughout the year. •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> Articles by students. •<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> A FAQ wiki on your current unit topic.
 * WIKIS**