Gurleen Ahluwalia Lecturer in Communication Skills BBSBEC, Fatehgarh Sahib Punjab

Technology has the potential to address a variety of students’ learning styles and academic needs simultaneously and seamlessly. promotes integrative motivation Increases involvement own sense of ownership reduces the boredom

An online journal or diary. Simple web publishing Chronological presentation Shared or individual Support comments

Blogger Edublogs Live Journal

 Instant publishing to the Net  Empowering – gives students a voice  Comment features allows interaction/peer review  Promotes ownership of work  Promotes reflection on teaching and learning  Creating an e-portfolio of student’s work (Contd…) Advantages of Blogging

 Used for brainstorming, storytelling and generating discussions  Promotes writing and reading habits  Builds community  Encourage shy students to participate  Developing critical skills  Offers worldwide readership. Advantages of Blogging (….contd)

Popularity of Blogs

Writing Video Reviews Digital Storytelling Discussion Forums My Personal Diary Blogs in communication Skills class of Engineering Students

Teacher’s Role in a Classroom Blog

Wiki A website (non-linear, hyperlinked) Collaboration – collaborative public writing tool Community of users construct knowledge – Edit, delete or modify content – Ongoing collective work of many authors Students “own” their learning experience

Links to FREE WIKI Services

Example of WIKI Wikipedia:

Wikis in communication Skills class of Engineering Students. Modular Project Reports. Survey Reports

Wikis... maximize interplay are democratic work in real time are text-based permit public document construction or distributed authorship promote negotiation permit collaborative document editing work on volunteer collaboration

WIKISCONVENTIONAL WEB PAGES Open-editingLimited editing Simple text formatting language Conventional HTML Earlier versions stored in online data-base Earlier versions not automatically stored Easy to create new pagesHarder to create new pages Low securityHigher security Equal User RolesHierarchical user Roles Multiple Anonymous Authorship Limited know Authorship Communal, CollaborativeIndividual Pages considered always in process Pages considered finished Informal, human VoiceFormal

Help students to communicate & collaborate Motivate students to participate Provide opportunities to read & write Postings can be created by students any time, any place. Own sense of ownership Get experience with practical, legal and ethical issues of creating a hypertext document.

BLOGSWIKIS Usually single authorUsually many authors Reverse ChronologicallyStructure determined by content and users Usually PersonalUsually Objective External LinksInternal and External links Used in brainstorming or generating discussion Used in group projects Comments on the existing information Easily modifiable

Motivating teachers to use technology. Investments in teacher training. Faculty development Programs. Regular technology Conferences and Workshops.

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