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Hi Geoff here! This post is about "blogging", or "web logging", or using a "web journal". What is a blog? A blog is just a web-page or set of web-pages that are published and presented in reverse chronological order, from the top of the page down. A blog could have one author, or shared authorship. It can include text, images, hyperlinks, and other types of media. For further info, see Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog >. Some example blogs: Baghdad Burning OxBlog Veronica's Diary Is it difficult to start a blog? No, blogs are relatively easy to get to grips with in a very short time. to create a blog to change the design to maintain and archive old posts (normally done automatically) to add pages/posts, e.g. on a daily basis One really cool thing is that one can in many cases either compose posts on the Web, or in a desktop software program, or by emailing to an automated service. This ease of use of blogs makes possible Tim Berners-Lee...

Dear colleagues Here's a heads-up on a choice of 6-week long online professional development sessions, from the Electronic Village Online. It seems a genuine opportunity, with reputable session leaders from TESOL's CALL cadre. It's free, and you can participate from the comfort of your favourite computer location, at home or in school! Geoff Taylor Here follows a summary of the home page call for participation: Electronic Village Online Call for Participation Jan-Feb 2006 For six weeks, participants can engage with ESOL experts in collaborative, online discussion sessions or hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These sessions will bring together participants for a longer period of time than is permitted by the four-day land-based TESOL convention and will allow a fuller development of ideas and themes of the convention or of professional interest in general. The sessions are free and open to all interested parties. You do not need to be a TESOL...

Hi, Geoff here. This entry is about podcasts for English language students, and teachers. (I've recently started listening to them a lot, and am very enthusiastic about them!) > What is a podcast? A podcast is an audio file that can be downloaded from the Internet and listened to on a PC or Mac, or copied to a personal digital music player, such as an iPod, or - depending on the model - a mobile phone. Generally, they are like short radio shows, produced by the BBC and other big audio content publishers, but also by thousands or tens of thousands of enthusiastic amateurs and independent publishers around the world. > What content can we hear in podcasts? A wide range of podcast subjects is available, including film reviews, comedy sketches, news and sports reports and current affairs discussions, to name just a few. There are educational podcasts - tutorials - aimed at a variety of technical and non-technical subjects, including English language learning. (See below for some...

Hello St Clare's, Oxford staff! This is a blog - a web log or web diary - for teachers and other staff at the Bardwell Road Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, to share teaching ideas, weblinks and other resources. Any and all of us can publish entries on it, at any time. If you have an idea or cool weblink for your colleagues, this could be a good way to share. It's all done in the web browser, so you don't need special software, and you can use a Windows PC or a Mac. Blogs are organised chronologically, with the latest entry appearing at the top of the page. Entries for each month are archived, typically by the month and year, so it should be easy to find information in earlier entries. You can easily join the blog team for this blog, the Bardwell Road Centre and add your own posts, sharing your ideas and findings. Send Geoff an email at gjtaylor99@yahoo.co.uk . Best wishes Geoff Taylor