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The Serendipity Project

The Serendipity Project. Rita Zeinstejer Rosario Argentina. EFL students in Rosario, Argentina. f2f class preparing for CAE (upper interm/advanced level) aged 17-25. First Stage: Class Blog. Implications: Blog features: text, audio, pix Going Global Netiquette Commitment

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The Serendipity Project

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  1. The Serendipity Project Rita Zeinstejer Rosario Argentina

  2. EFL students in Rosario, Argentina • f2f class • preparing for CAE (upper interm/advanced level) • aged 17-25

  3. First Stage: Class Blog • Implications: • Blog features: text, audio, pix • Going Global • Netiquette • Commitment • Focus on communication

  4. Second Stage: Individual Blogs • Opening personal blogs: tutorial • Posting urls • Visiting classmates’ blogs • Posting comments

  5. Third Stage: Blog Search Engine • Technorati: • search, surface, organize blogs • tagging: its concept

  6. Fourth Stage: Tracking Blogs • Bloglines: “aggregator” or “feed collector” • tracking favourite news/blogs/podcasts • Subscribe to it: latest postings will be brought! • publish, share your own blog • visit your aggregator often and save time!

  7. Fifth Stage: Social Bookmarking • Del.icio.us: • your network: storing, sharing and discovering bookmarks. • tags to organize bookmarks • collaborative repository of related info

  8. Students’ Feedback • Awareness of: * reaching a global audience * need to be accurate * importance of meaningful interaction * importance of sharing findings * importance of using English authentically * available technology

  9. My students video in YouTube

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