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Integrating Social Networking Tools into ESL Writing Classroom: Strengths…
Integrating Social Networking Tools into ESL Writing Classroom:
Strengths and Weaknesses
SNS
(Social Networking Service)
web-based and promotes user interaction via email and messaging
an online platform / medium used to share interests and activities among individuals
Advantages of Integrating Social Networking
Services (SNSs) into ESL writing classroom
develop students' writing skills
allow for multimedia interaction (pictures, video, links)
working online develop a sense of global interaction
monitoring children's work and progress by their parents
maximize interaction and feedback from the instructor
lead to self-directed learning
create a rich guided learning environment for students
increase search capability of students
Enhance relationships between students and instructors
Integrating SNSs into ESL Writing Classroom
Wikipedia
as a Discussion Forum
for discussing different ideas
promotes learner-centered and learner-driven discussions
Students
:
take part in discussions
Teachers:
share teacher contents info and reading materials for students reading
create forums for class discussions
post assignments, tests and quizzes
can be used in advanced English class
an efficient way to improve students' writing and creative thinking skills
Classroom through
Facebook
online diary and blog to teach writing;
posting compositions
as a digital representation of class and curriculum
affects students' motivation and enhances their social networking practices
Disadvantages of Integrating Social Networking Tools into ESL Writing Classroom
relationships between students and instructors can be difficult
preparation and modification of digital training materials requires time
the difficulty of reading a book online by students
online writing assignment can lead students to "copy paste"
unreliable internet connection
Methodology
research design
online discussion board
research instrument (three open ended questions)
advantages & disadvantages of using SNSs
ways of planning activities using SNSs
data collection procedure
data were coded, categorized and interpreted
Conclusion
real-life related topics should be interesting and motivate students
Provide students with choices, responsibility, and opportunities to interact while writing.
the need to motivate students to read
Teachers should develop their ICT skills and become familiar with the SNS.
brainstorming strategy increases students' creative thinking skills
Research as Authentic Inquiry.
Digital and media literacy: Connecting culture and classroom
Introduction
Using the student's awareness of MTV reality show by the teacher, as a way to explore the relationship between drama, popular culture, and real life.
Development of critical thinking and communication skills through critical analysis
There is no need for teachers to be experts on youth media Culture
Solution to the problem of plagiarism through summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct quoting in the learning process
assessing both high-quality information and low-quality material through the process of creating authentic questions and collecting material for the evidence table
Main content
Teaching contemporary drama
Sticky notes and drama walk
A lively discussion
reality TV and a new kind of drama
Miller's drama and reality drama
Debate
Opening up or closing down discourse
Donna Alvermann
Showing willlingness to acquire
Generating authentic questions
123 Help me website (www.123helpme.com)
A solution to cut and paste plagiarism
Reasons why a student copies and pastes data
Lack of confidence
easy
Necessity
Peer pressure
building new ideas
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Direct quotation
Building an evidence chart to explore the
quality of information
Summarizing, paraphrasing and composing with citation
Lesson plan
Conclussion
Creating an evidence chart
Keep your goal in your mind
Cite your sources
Evaluate
Read and write
Create your posters
Three ways to use source materials
Paraphrazing
Summarizing
Direct quotation
Evaluating the creadibility of source materials
Author
Quality of content
Design
Tone of purpose