Twitter is an online technological tool to share information; each contact can use 140 characters or less. Twitter also provides a quick communication and it can be used for group communication with an educational purpose; that's why, it can break down the rigid classroom schedule barriers and allow teachers to collaborate with students. Also, not only with students, twitter provides a quick method for keeping in touch with other professors and a mean to share information or resources quickly.Check it out!
As you might read in the previous paragraph there are some advantages of using twitter in the educational field, these advantages are the following:
Self Reflection about Teaching
Teachers using twitter can share both good and bad experiences with their colleagues, which cause other teachers’ reflection. This self reflection allows other colleagues to reflect on their teaching practice as they view other teachers’ classroom experiences. That’s why twitter breaks down the isolation barrier among teachers making them work together to become better educators.
Remaining Current in Latest Education Trends
A teacher’s time is valuable and lessons planning takes a lot of time;for that reason ,it is difficult for teachers to keep up with the latest trends and news in education. In these way, twitter allows teachers to be in touch of trendy educational information when time permits.
Building Reliable Networks of Teachers
Twitter allows teachers to follow and be followed by others educational professionals. The ability to communicate with groups is a nice feature, by this this reliable social network , which assures teachers and students to receive crucial and critical feedback with the ability to provide the same.
Professional Development and Continuing Education
Most professional conferences provide opportunities for teachers to participate in continuing education efforts in real-time thaks to twitter it 's easier for teachers to keep in touch and complete continuing education and professional development requirements without traveling to distant cities.
References: http://www.suite101.com/content/using-twitter-to-break-down-classroom-isolation-a106070
Podcasting
Firstly, we need to know what podcast is about; podcasting is a way of downloading pre -recorders audio programs that are published in a website to your personal computer or mobile devices. So people can listen to them whenever they want to and wherever they are...thanks to this, a person who wants to be stick listening to these kind of programs can have access to them becoming a subscriber of the website, so that when new podcasts are posted they can automatically be delivered to a subscriber’s computer or personal device.
That's why podcasting have been higlighted as a neccesary method of producing media mobile devices in which ESL learners enjoy a personal development in their learning process; due to the fact that, this is an excellet way to learnd an teach a lot of topics relatated to live, cultures, and ways of live. This awesome estrategy could be used to learn the target language because it allows learners to develop their comunicative competences.
A Wiki
It is a website that allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. Wiki’s software runs on the web server. Wikis are created by a collaborative effort of the site visitors. A great example of a large wiki is the Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia in many languages that anyone can edit. The term "wiki" comes from the Hawaiian phrase, "wiki wiki," which means "super fast."
E- Learning
It is the use of technology to permit people learning anytime and anywhere. E-Learning can include training, the delivery of just-in-time information and guidance from experts. 
Podcasting and e-learning are linked in the educational field since both are technological tools for learners. Podcasting has the potential to improve learning by giving students mobile access to course materials anytime and anywhere. Both complement the traditional face-to-face teaching into an eclectic learning environment which increases students' learner satisfaction.
As some examples, we have this video which explains what podcasting is and it also contains a situation in which a person from the United States who loves Japanese culture downloads the content of the podcast by becoming a subscriber. This guy listens to his Japanese program in his journey to his job while he is on the bus...
As an example of pod-casting we selected this wonderful Venezuelan blog which offers people the a vast variety of contents by categories, check it out http://podcast-venezuela.blogspot.com/
An example of what a wiki is and how it can be used by a group of friend, check this video and you will find the way they gathered information about their holidays through a wiki. They did not needed to re-send each other emails over and over again because every person can edit the information posted in it.
To end up with examples, as an example of e-learning we can take into account websites designed for learners like this one http://www.english-4u.de/ in which students can practice and learn through gramar exercises, crosswords and games, this is another one: http://www.mingoville.com/es.html
In summary, a wiki is very useful because it allows users to add and update content on the site using their own Web browser. Wikis are created by a coperative effort of the site visitors. The word Wiki means "super fast." On the other hand, in regars to E-Learning, we can conclude that it is a new way of teaching and learning with the use of technology. At thesame time, this type of teaching/learning can be made through distance.
In the same order of ideas, postcasting will be the teacher of a near future because is useful, interesting and easy to use. the information can be downloaded for free and saved in our computer or mobile device. The more we use postcasting, the more e learning ability could come to our lives.
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Nice work. It needs quite some editing , though.
ResponderEliminarGood information, easy to follow. Short but meaty. Nice collaboration piece of information.
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First title is not well writte. Eliminate question marks in titles.
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Use sma font style ans size throughout the whole blog unless there's a real need to use different styles and sizes.
Place videos below each of the topics; not at the end of the whole post; besides, we can´t see them. Fix that.
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I wrote tyhree paragraphs just commenting on your Twitter post and it DISSAPEARED!!! To sum it up, the post is super excellent. About your post on podcasts, the example you chose is great. I hope everybody in our course have a look at the site you recommend "Venezuela en un Podcast". Mr. Jogreg is doing a great job with his students of Comunicaciön Oral by having them podcast on various topics.
ResponderEliminarIn respect to Mingoville, this site is super great. They´ve been outthere on the net for quite a few years and the past three or four years they improved it by introducing new technological tools to haveto offer learners new, interesting and better ways to learn english.
Two thumbs up! : )