Entries Tagged as ‘Networking’

February 4, 2008

Wikis-what are they? But…the simple way

Despite having been a Web 2.0 active participant for a long time I feel I hadn’t got the main idea of what wikis are until I found this lovely video which offers a clear description of how they can be used for the benefit of many:

Perhaps because I have never [...]

February 3, 2008

Conclusions so far…

Link to another SMiELT08 blog : “Getting students to blog”

January 31, 2008

SMiELT participants needed in Flickr project

Please look at the pic below and speculate using modal verbs:

1. Is the girl alone?
2. Who do you think is she talking to?
3. Could she be talking to a flower / person /an animal?
4. Are there more kids / adults/ flowers / animals around?
Please leave your answers / speculations on the comment box from [...]

January 31, 2008

Exploiting Flickr in ELT and Del.icio.us in my SMiELT network

How can Flickr be used in the ELT context?
My brand new Del.icio.us tags show some of the links about that -I found them yesterday and I’d like to share them with you. – Mind you- I learnt quite sth about del.icio.us at trying its various features, I used to “save bookmarks” on it before [...]

January 29, 2008

“You are what you….do in your Network”

Based on the idea that we are nobody if we don’t belong to a community, something which is implied directly by Social Media, some experienced bloggers have already affirmed that your contexts are relevant in your work. If you are part of a Network you must show it. Visualization of your context is [...]

January 24, 2008

Social Networks starting point- Blog Comments

Blog comments are the key for interacting, therefore NETWORKING.
There are good reasons for supporting guest participation within blogs as the link on strategic commenting provided by the SMiELT program presented. However my personal feeling in favour of leaving comments on blog posts have to do with all the learning that takes place while interacting. On [...]