Blog #8: Open Topic / Reflection

For your final blog post, please feel free to write about any topic related to the course.  For example, you can reflect on what you have learned about in the course and your e-portfolio project and also discuss any future goals or plans you have to use technology in your classroom.

Blog #7: Mobile App Review

Search for a language learning application designed for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.  Provide a link to the application's website. Write a brief review of this application that includes information about the app's functions, which devices it is compatible with, and how it can assist or enhance the language learning process.

Blog #6: Digital Storytelling

Write brief reviews about the two tools you used to create short lessons with this week (Digital Storytelling through Storybooks, Cartoons & Comics).  How could these tools be used by teachers AND students?  How could they be incorporated into a class?

Blog #5: Corpora, Concordance, Collocations, Word Frequency

Check out the following sites and report back on how they could be used to inform materials development and classroom instruction:

Compleat Lexical Tutor: http://www.lextutor.ca/
Corpus of Contemporary American English: http://corpus.byu.edu/coca/
Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/

Blog Post #4: Podcast Review

For this post, please write a short review of a podcast.  You do not need to choose a podcast that is designed specifically for English learners, but you can choose an ESL/EFL podcast if you want. Please do the following:

-Listen to one or two of the podcasts.

-Provide a link to the podcast on your blog. Give general information about the content and quality.

-What do you think about the podcast?  Which type of learners could benefit from the podcast?