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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...