1. USING ICT FOR WRITING Lynn W Zimmerman, PhD

2. Authenticity  Internet - offers opportunities for authentic writing  e-mail  blogs  wikis  interactive web pages  discussion boards  social media  electronic journals  e-portfolios

3. E-mail  authentic  positively impacts students’ writing  available to many people  What are some ideas for using email besides for keypal exchanges?

4. Some E-mail Activities  Pre-class activities: share background knowledge about a topic  Post-class activities: review class discussions; e-mail- based cooperative writing  Reading circle: discuss assigned reading with groups  Student-teacher; teacher-student ; student-student interaction: journals, asking and answering questions, progress reports, announcements, assignments, homework

5. Interactive Web Pages  What are the strengths and weaknesses? Would you use it with your students?  http://www.rong-chang.com/writing.htm http://www.rong-chang.com/writing.htm  http://www.ego4u.com/en/business- english/communication/business-letter http://www.ego4u.com/en/business- english/communication/business-letter  http://englishinteractive.net/tablet/writing.html http://englishinteractive.net/tablet/writing.html  http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/writin g.html http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topicsmenu/writin g.html  http://www.eslgo.com/classes/write/ http://www.eslgo.com/classes/write/

6. Wikis and Blogs  Effective for collaborative projects.  Blog - can post text, graphics, multimedia, links, have discussions with viewers  Wikis - more open access than blogs. Can be edited by anyone at any time

7. Using Wikis  Especially useful for a process writing approach  All the versions of a current page are archived and stored  All steps of the writing process can be done collaboratively using a wiki  integrate elements from research  peer-edit drafts  easily proofread one another’s work

8. Wikipedia, etc.  www.Wikipedia.com www.Wikipedia.com  Some places you can set up wikis are:  PeanutButterWiki: http://pbwiki.comhttp://pbwiki.com  SeedWiki: www.seedwiki.comwww.seedwiki.com  JotSpot: http://jotspot.comhttp://jotspot.com  OddWiki: http://communitywiki.org/odd/HomePagehttp://communitywiki.org/odd/HomePage  WikiCities: www.wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicitieswww.wikicities.com/wiki/Wikicities  Wikispaces: www.wikispaces.orgwww.wikispaces.org

9. Using Blogs  Some creative ways to use blogs in your classroom?  ClassBlog: a free-form bulletin board for learners  OppoLog: The author posts a position and readers have to post a counter-position  ConnectLog: Find connections between different ideas or things  ForeLog: Post links to news stories and predict outcome of the story  PoliLog: Create characters representing different political parties and let them debate their platforms  ReadersLog: Post reviews of stories and books with links  MoveiLog: Post reviews of movies with links to trailers; post mock interviews with movie actors or characters

10. Blog Sites  Wordpress: www.wordpress.comwww.wordpress.com  Weblogger: www.weblogger.comwww.weblogger.com  Diaryland: www.diaryland.comwww.diaryland.com  Upsaid: www.upsaid.comwww.upsaid.com  Webcrimson: www.webcrimson.comwww.webcrimson.com  Xanga: www.xanga.comwww.xanga.com

11. Using Social Media  What are some ideas you have for using it for writing?  They can link to items and write about them.  They can write one another in the chat functions.

12. iPad/iPhone Apps  Toontastic (free)  Guides students through the creation of a story arc with 5 components: a setup, a conflict, a challenge, a climax & a resolution.  App website is here.here

13. Texting  What could you have them do?  Make appointments or plans to meet some one  Give directions

14. Writing Activity  In pairs, go to one of these blogs set up for ESL/EFL and explore it.  What do you think it’s usefulness is for writing activities? How would you use it?  Bee online: http://beeonline.blogspot.comhttp://beeonline.blogspot.com  Blog-EFL: http://blog-efl.blogspot.comhttp://blog-efl.blogspot.com  The FordLog: www.weblogs4schools.co.uk/TheFordwww.weblogs4schools.co.uk/TheFord  Goin’ Upstream: http://goinupstream.blogspot.comhttp://goinupstream.blogspot.com  Mariichigo: www.livejournal.com/users/mariichigowww.livejournal.com/users/mariichigo  The New Tanuki: http://thenewtanuki.blogspot.comhttp://thenewtanuki.blogspot.com  EFL/ESL Exchange: www.dekita.org/exchangewww.dekita.org/exchange  Random Thoughts: http://namckeand.blogpsot.comhttp://namckeand.blogpsot.com