Day2
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The document outlines the plan for the second day of an intro to blogging/podcasting course. It includes filling out a survey, reading sample blogs in groups to learn about their characteristics, editing profiles and writing a practice blog post introducing themselves and a place they'd like to visit, and leaving comments on two classmates' posts. Students are then assigned to write their first blog post about their culture learning strategies for homework.
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Day2
- 1. Intro to Blogging/Podcasting August 28, 2007 Day 2
- 2. Plan for today Fill out CCAI (11-11:15) Intro to blogging - read sample blogs (11:15-11:40) Edit profile and write practice post (11:40-12:00) Leave comment for 2 classmates (12:00-12:15)
- 3. Sample blogs Divide into groups of 2 and each group visit a different blog from the list below. Take 8 minutes to read some of the postings and then tell the class something new you learned from the blog and 4 characteristics that seem common to blogs. www.lonelyplanet.com/blogs/travel-blog/ fromabroad.blogs.wvu.edu www.blogaborad.com www.uristudyaborad.com Abroadblogs.newpaltz.edu ww.unk.edu/international/studyabroad/index.php?id=14680
- 4. Blogging Go to flteachingmoodle.org Click on International and Intercultural Study Log in User name = last name Password = Culture Click on Participants Click on your name Edit your profile
- 5. Posting Click on blog Click on Add a new entry Give your entry a title and then introduce yourself in the body. Tell where (somewhere abroad) you would like to one day visit/study/work and why. When you are finished, click add.
- 6. Commenting
- 7. Homework Write first blog posting on your culture-learning strategies. Which strategies do you seem to use most often? Which don’t you use, but might be good for you to use?