APLING678 Week 7 - Social Web
Guiding Questions: What are the similarities and differences between social bookmarking and social networking tools? How can I utilize social bookmarking and social networking tools in my language classroom? Think of some specific ways/reasons and the desired outcomes. What are the theoretical ideas that support my decisions to do so? What are the key considerations (benefits and pitfalls) before deciding to incorporate these tools in my classroom? Readings : e-Reserves : McBride, K. (2009) Social-networking sites in foreign language classes: Opportunities for re-creation e-Reserves : Prichard , C. (2013). Training L2 learners to use SNSs appropriately and effectively Substantive Post: Week 7 focuses on using the Social Web in our classrooms, specifically through Social Bookmarking and Social Networking. Social Bookmarking is “the practice of saving bookmarks to a public Web site and ‘tagging’ them with keywords” (Lomas, 2005, p. 1)...