http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog Discussion and Exploration into Technology and Language Learning Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:10:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a teacher, I take student feedback very seriously, but it has always been difficult to compile student comments from the old-school handouts which seem to be the standard.  This year I decided to do something a little different, so I set up a Google Form and asked the students ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2009/11/16/student-feedback-spring-2009/ I gave a presentation at JALT-CALL this past weekend, entitled "Blogging in Two Languages: An International Peer Assistance Exchange", and I just made a quick VoiceThread version to share online. The project involved the interaction between both native speakers and language learners of English and Japanese in language courses ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2008/06/03/l1l2-blog-exchange-presentation/ I just came across an interesting site with a "Happiness Map" of the world, and it seems that most of the English speaking countries rank highest. It also seems that both Africa and the old U.S.S.R region have some rather depressing languages... Certainly, I do not think that the language ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2008/04/18/does-speaking-english-make-people-happier/ I just came across a link to a Blog Readability Test, and decided to test this blog out. While I was there, I decided to test the blog of my English class here at the university. This blog is the work of 12 sophomores and juniors at a ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/16/blog-readability/ As I sit here writing a paper about augmenting textbook-based courses using Moodle, I took a quick break to sift through Google Reader and came across this graphic. It fit right in with what I was writing about, and I couldn't have said it better. Source: Indexed (Take the time to peruse ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/11/02/its-all-about-the-discussion/ One of the great failures of blogging in the classroom is that the blogs rarely extend beyond the semester. Why is this? I think that most teachers underestimate the blogging process and simply think that students will just do it without proper scaffolding and guidance. This is a great ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/28/avoiding-dead-end-blogging-in-the-classroom/ I just came across a great link to a wiki page about 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story. This is a great resource for teachers looking to find a way for students to create their own stories or presentations online. The wiki page gives a link ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/24/a-great-digital-story-telling-resource/ Educators worldwide seem to have latched on to social bookmarking tools such as del.icio.us, Ma.gnolia, Furl and others, but why not take it a step further? Personally, I like to take a look through the links of others in my network, but sometimes the plain links don't tell the ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/10/04/digg-for-education/ In an interesting article on The Journal site, Linda L. Briggs writes about the use of game software in math classes in Georgia. It seems that they are using a game called Dimenxian from Tabula Digita. The game itself seems to have received some good reviews, and the ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/09/30/gaming-math-classes/ The Wired Campus has a short post about a story on KQED in California about the use of Second Life in distance learning. The interview is with a faculty member at the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science about how they are suing Second Life ... http://www.edtechtesol.org/blog/2007/09/29/second-life-in-distance-learning/