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     Hi ! My friends  I'm Phatcharin Phetthong . You can call vazabi  or Sow. Now I studying English major at Faculty of Education  ( English group .03)  at  Nakhon si Thammarat Rajabhat University. My E-mail addresses is amine.zaza@hotmail.com and vazabi.zaza@gmail.com

   Directions:Finds words or phrases standing or phases  standing for following acronyms with short descript

1.IT
Stands for Information Technology  - It refers to anything related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware, software, the Internet, or the people that work with these technologies.
http://www.techterms.com/definition/it

2.ICT
    ICT stands for Information and Communication Technology. ICT is an innovative instructional program that prepares students to effectively use technology in learning, communication, and life. Students in Information and Communication Technology.
http://redesign.rcu.msstate.edu/ICT/faq.asp

3.CAI
    Computer-assisted instruction  is an interactive instructional technique whereby a computer is used to present the instructional material and monitor the learning that takes place.
http://wikieducator.org/Computer_Assisted_Instruction_(CAI)

4.CALL
    Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)  is an intercontinental and interdisciplinary journal which leads the field in its dedication to all matters associated with the use of computers in language learning (L1 and L2), teaching and testing.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09588221.asp
        
5.WBI

 
6.CBI
  Computer Based Instruction (CBI)    in education refers to using computers as a central part of the educational experience. Teachers use educational websites and software to enhance daily classroom curriculum.
7.CMC
 Computer-Mediated Communication is the process by which people create, exchange, and perceive information using networked telecommunications systems (or non-networked computers) that facilitate encoding, transmitting, and decoding messages
http://www.december.com/john/study/cmc/what.html

8.TELL
 TELL stands  for Technology Enhanced Language Learning  - in an increasingly globalised world. It is not a technical paper in thesense that it will deal with methodological or software issues.    
9.MUD
  A MUD is defined as a multi-user domain, multi-user dungeon, or multi-user dimension, all of which are referring to the same thing, an environment where multiple people may be logged on and interacting with one another.

   http://www.mudconnect.com/mud_intro.html

10.MOO
   MOO  is short  MUD  object oriented  is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users (players) are connected at the same time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO


Directions: Describe the following terms.


ÄSynchronous Tools

How to Create a BloggerBlog (adapted: Blogger sign up pages)     1. At Blogger Start Up, click on the orange arrow: CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW.     2. Enter your email address, password, and display name. Click on the orange arrow: CONTINUE.      3. Name your blog and complete the url. Make sure the name reflects the purpose of the blog. Click on the orange arrow: CONTINUE.      4. Choose a template. Click on the orange arrow: CONTINUE.       5. Click on the orange arrow: START POSTING. Make a posting and give it a title. Click on the orange button: PUBLISH POST.  An article telling why  do we have to useblog in ELT  with reference  Blogging for ELT

This article takes a look at blogging, which is becoming   increasingly popular as a language      learning   tool. It gives an overview of blogging       websites, suggests why you might want to use them, and gives some practical advice on setting up blogs for use with your own classes.

• The Tutor Blog is run by the teacher of a class. The content of this type of blog can be limited to syllabus, course information, homework, assignments, etc. Or the teacher may choose to write about his or her life, sharing reflections about the local culture, target culture and language to stimulate online and in-class discussion. In this type of blog, students are normally restricted to being able to write comments to the teacher's posts. A great example of this is Aaron Campbell's own 'The New Tanuki' http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com/     
• The Class Blog is a shared space, with teacher and students being able to write to the main area. It is best used as a collaborative discussion space, an extra-curricular extension of the classroom. Students can be encouraged to reflect in more depth, in writing, on themes touched upon in class. Students are given a greater sense of freedom and involvement than with the tutor blog. A very good example of what has been done with this type of blog is Barbara Dieu's 'Bee Online' http://beeonline.blogspot.com/) and 'Bee Online 2' http://beeonline2.blogspot.com/
• The Learner Blog is the third type of blog and it requires more time and effort from the teacher to both set up and moderate, but is probably the most rewarding. It involves giving each student an individual blog. The benefit of this is that this becomes the student's own personal online space. Students can be encouraged to write frequently about what interests them, and can post comments on other students' blogs. For examples, see the links to learner blogs from the class blog and tutor blog examples above.

Of course, teachers who decide to use blogs often use a combination of Tutor or Class blog and Learner blogs, with hyperlinks connecting them.

Why blog?
So, why should you blog with your students? There are many reasons why you may choose to use weblogs with students. One of the best reasons is to provide a real audience for student writing. Usually, the teacher is the only person who reads student writing, and the focus of this reading is usually on form, not content. With weblogs, students can find themselves writing for a real audience that, apart from the teacher, may include their peers, students from other classes, or even other countries, their parents, and potentially anyone with access to the Internet.

Here are some other reasons for using blogs:

• To provide extra reading practice for students.
  This reading can be produced by the teacher, other students in the same class, or, in the case of comments posted to a blog, by people from all over the world.
• As online student learner journals that can be read by their peers.
  The value of using learner journals has been well documented. Usually they are private channels between teacher and student. Using a blog as a learner journal can increase the audience.
• To guide students to online resources appropriate for their level.
  The Internet has a bewildering array of resources that are potentially useful for your students. The problem is finding and directing your learners to them. For this reason, you can use your tutor blog as a portal for your learners.
• To increase the sense of community in a class.
  A class blog can help foster a feeling of community between the members of a class, especially if learners are sharing information about themselves and their interests, and are responding to what other students are writing.
• To encourage shy students to participate.
  There is evidence to suggest that students who are quiet in class can find their voice when given the opportunity to express themselves in a blog.
• To stimulate out-of-class discussion.
  A blog can be an ideal space for pre-class or post-class discussion. And what students write about in the blog can also be used to promote discussion in class.
• To encourage a process-writing approach.
  Because students are writing for publication, they are usually more concerned about getting things right, and usually understand the value of rewriting more than if the only audience for their written work is the teacher.
• As an online portfolio of student written work.
  There is much to be gained from students keeping a portfolio of their work. One example is the ease at which learners can return to previous written work and evaluate the progress they have made during a course.
• To help build a closer relationship between students in large classes.
  Sometimes students in large classes can spend all year studying with the same people without getting to know them well. A blog is another tool that can help bring students together.

• Respond to student posts quickly, writing a short comment related to the content. Ask questions about what the learner writes to create stimulus for writing.
• Students should be actively encouraged to read and respond (through the commenting feature of the blog) to their classmates.
• Writing to the blog could be required, and it may form part of the class assessment. Students should be encouraged to post their writing homework on the blog instead of only giving it to the teacher.

• Mystery guest. Invite another teacher or someone from another school or country as a mystery guest to your blog. Ask the students to engage him or her in dialogue and guess their identity.
• Project work. A blog is an ideal space for developing a project, especially if the project is a shared one between several classes or even classes in different countries.
• International link-ups. Contact another educational establishment to see if they are interested in a joint blogging project. Students can write about their lives, culture, interests, etc, and be encouraged to read about the other class and respond by writing comments.
• Photoblog. If you plan on using photographs in your blog, there are lots of tools available to help you. Flickr (http://www.flickr.com) makes publishing photographs to blogs easy. If you want to make photographs central to the blog, however, it is better to use a blogging tool such as Buzznet (http://www.buzznet.com), which is a photo publishing tool and blog rolled into one.

Pitfalls to watch out for

• Unwanted comments. To avoid unwanted comments, you can always restrict comments to people in the class or to registered bloggers.
• Correction. It is difficult to use a blog for correcting students. Student written work can always be corrected before posting to the blog, or you can do class correction sessions using work published in the blogs.
• Privacy. By their very nature, most blogs are public. Anyone with access to the Web can find and read a blog, and write comments (if this feature has been turned on). If privacy is an issue, then you will be better off using a blogging tool that allows different levels of access rights. Live Journal http://www.livejournal.com is a good choice, and is particularly popular with teenagers . Live Journal allows the setting up of a closed community, which could be restricted to the members of a class or to a wider circle including other classes, parents, etc.

Advanced feature
The easiest way to keep track of a lot of learner blogs is to use the 'Site Feed' feature. You will need to use another piece of software called a newsreader or aggregator to read site feeds. Using a newsreader means your e-mail in-box won't become cluttered with posted messages from students publishing their weblogs. One of the most popular, free web-based newsreaders is Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com.