ERIC Number: EJ898147
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Mar
Pages: 16
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Writingmatrix: Connecting Students with Blogs, Tags, and Social Networking
Stevens, Vance; Quintana, Nelba; Zeinstejer, Rita; Sirk, Sasa; Molero, Doris; Arena, Carla
TESL-EJ, v11 n4 Mar 2008
This paper describes an extensive online project, Writingmatrix [http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com], involving several key elements essential to collaboration in Web 2.0, such as aggregation, tagging, and social networking. Participant teachers in several different countries--Argentina, Venezuela, and Slovenia--had their adult students at various levels of English competency interact using blogs and other Web tools, including RSS feed readers and Technorati [http://technorati.com]. The teachers describe their respective settings, how they got their students started in communicating through blogging and social networking, and how in future they intend to expand the Writingmatrix experience. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperation, Cross Cultural Studies, Competence, Language Skills, English (Second Language), Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Communication
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Argentina; Slovenia; Venezuela
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