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Innovation Education Technology in the global classroom 
       ESOL  teachers must be inventive, creative, and committed to keeping up with innovation in a rapidly changing world. And teacher should be encouraged to employ instructional technologies in the educational setting- including online discussion, podcasting, and blogging- so that they can keep abreast of best practices in technology.use instructional technologies to teach students case study portfolio,online,discusstion,podcast,blogs,wiki online discussion help through the couse.

1. Integrating Insructional Technology Into an Assignment      
       Seeking to understand how ESOL teachers create meaningfulcontent for future. Teaching content, such as case study portfolios, can be integrated with instructional technology, such as online discussion, podcasts,  blogs, and wiki, to enhance learning experiences and provide better curriculum.Interactive technologies online discussions and static technologies.case study portfolio, blogging, learning about creating podcast and enriching content through use of wiki. 
2.The ELL Case Study       
      This part of the assignment consisted of a number of step: (a) prepare a case study by selecting the ELL participant (b) collect data from the ELL (c) analyze multiple data sets, and (d) create a problem scenario coming up with the reflective and discussion.

3. Blogging      

      Blogs are online journals, commentary, personal reflections, or new on a particular subject.

4. Podcasting      

      Internet-based audio programs available for downloading that allow the listener to play the audio through a computer or on  the MP3 player.

5. Creating a Wiki      

      After posting their case studies, blogging about them, and creating they podcasts, the preservice  ESOL  teachers suggested teaching methodsand activities to their classmates via a wiki in Blackboard or another program or Website.

6. Online Discusstion       

       Communities maybe private or public, and the content can be created and maintained by the instructors. In this project, online discussion provided   a window to observe how the preservice teachers constructed knowledge and interacted with other.

7. Implication        

        This assignment focusing on implementing technology in the classroom  proved to be dynamic, effective, and  beneficial for everyone involved.

Why do we blog ?

"In terms of why people blog, well, my belief is that it's to have a voice, however small. To think that just like the people who write those fancy opinion columns for The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, you too can share your thoughts, vent, and complain to the public at large. Having said that, there are lots of really smart bloggers who have interesting perspectives on the news, politics, sports, business, etc., people who wouldn't otherwise be heard in mainstream media.
"That's why I read blogs, about 150/daily, and that's why I write my own blogs too. Of my own blogs, perhaps the most interesting to your readers are both The Intuitive Life Business Blog, which is where I talk about the business of the Internet and how blogging can be an extraordinarily effective marketing channel, and APparenting.com, where my wife and I share real life stories of parenting in this modern world.
"Sometimes I'll write something and never get a response from anyone, but other times I'll write about something like an ethical challenge for a Fortune 500 business or the lame excuses men use for cheating on their spouse, and it'll garner dozens or even hundreds of comments from other people, readers who share perspectives I never knew.
http://www.intuitive.com/blog/why_do_people_blog_how_many_bloggers_are_there.html

What is a blog ?

WHAT IS A BLOG ?

It is 2008; do we still need to ask ourselves what a blog is? I think so, and for two reasons. First of all we still have many misconceptions about blogging floating around the web. Pretty much every week I get at least one email from someone asking if I believe blogging has a future. My answer is always “as long as the Internet has a future, blogs do too.” You will see why I answer that below.
You also have countless articles being published every week where the author suggests that blogs are obsolete, and that the next big thing is micro blogging, or lifestreaming or something else. Again I don’t agree with any of those predicted trends.
The second reason for trying to define what a blog is in 2008 (many people have already done that in the past after all) is because blogging is a social phenomenon. As such, it is constantly evolving, and what was true two years ago might not be anymore.
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/what-is-a-blog/

Synchronous and Asynchoronous Tools

Synchronous Tools
Synchronous tools enable real-time communication and collaboration in a "same time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect at a single point in time, at the same time. Synchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to engage people instantly and at the same point in time. The primary drawback of synchronous tools is that, by definition, they require same-time participation -different time zones and conflicting schedules can create communication challenges. In addition, they tend to be costly and may require significant bandwidth to be efficient.
Asynchronous Tools
Asynchronous tools enable communication and collaboration over a period of time through a "different time-different place" mode. These tools allow people to connect together at each person's own convenience and own schedule. Asynchronous tools are useful for sustaining dialogue and collaboration over a period of time and providing people with resources and information that are instantly accessible, day or night. Asynchronous tools possess the advantage of being able to involve people from multiple time zones. In addition, asynchronous tools are helpful in capturing the history of the interactions of a group, allowing for collective knowledge to be more easily shared and distributed. The primary drawback of asynchronous technologies is that they require some discipline to use when used for ongoing communities of practice (e.g., people typically must take the initiative to "login" to participate) and they may feel "impersonal" to those who prefer higher-touch synchronous technologies.
http://www.asaecenter.org/Resources/articledetail.cfm?itemnumber=13572

Exercise : acronyms

                     1.IT  = Information Technology.                                   

                     2.ICT = Information Computer Tachnology.

                     3.CAI = Computer Assisted Instruction.

                     4.CALL = Computer Assisted Language Learning.

                     5.WBI = Web Based Instruction.

                     6.CBI = Computer Based Instruction.

                     7.CMC = Computer Mediated Communication.

                     8.TELL = Teaching English Language Learners.

                     9.MUD = Multi User Domains.

                   10.MOO=MudObjectOriented.                                                                                                      

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