WinK Core: Weblogging in Kumamoto

includes factsheet, games, quiz, and worksheet; suggests reviewing: Before you start ... Do you want to revise making simple sentences? Do you want to revise using commas?

"The speech accent archive is established to uniformly exhibit a large set of speech accents from a variety of language backgrounds. Native and non-native speakers of English all read the same English paragraph and are carefully recorded. The archive is constructed as a teaching tool and as a research tool. It is meant to be used by linguists as well as other people who simply wish to listen to and compare the accents of different English speakers" (About page, ¶2, 2012.04.10).

Recommends strategies and tools for teachers whose students write electronically, and presumably in English

Tips from the Writing Center for Effective Business Writing that may apply readily to blogging

"You will be happy to hear that Edublogs no longer requires users to have an email address!" (2010.08.27, ¶2) "You will also notice that we now allow you to create your own password right from the start!" (2010.08.27, ¶5)

"Text 2 Mind Map is a web application that converts texts to mind maps. It takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it, and draws a mind map out of them" (description below working display, above Hints for using it).

"Learn how to use Google documents to organize personal and business documents and spreadsheets ..." (You are viewing an eHow Video Series, ¶1).

"Blogger Stats is that it monitors and analyzes your visitor traffic in near-real-time. You can see which posts are getting the most visits and which sites are sending traffic to your blog" (Staszek Paśko and Wiktor Gworek, Software Engineers; THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010; ¶2, retrieved 2010.08.06).

Fascinating perspectives, including comments on 2010.07.26, on the use or omission of quotation marks for a variety of pragmatic purposes and stylistic effects.

Authors of Teaching Writing Using Blogs... are hoping to collect "material related to the topics in this wikibook: links, references, files, descriptions of teaching activities, or student work." For permission to comment on or edit this wiki, "request access from Richard Beach, University of Minnesota, at rbeach@umn.edu" (Front Page, 2010.08.03).

Eaton, Sarah. (2011.02.11). Using Google forms [webinar].

"The best part about Dropbox as a collaborative tool, is that two people can edit the same file simultaneously. In that situation, Dropbox saves two distinct copies of the same files, each with a person's edits to ensure that both edits are preserved" (3. Be Smarter About Collaborating On Projects, ¶3, 2011.02.23).

"Originally written by Janelle Ward for The Broker, and first published on August 5th, 2009 as Rewriting Research" (footnote [URL revised, PB, 2011.02.21]), this article covers the following outline:   Academic BloggingBlog Types and PurposesWho Are Academic BloggersBlogging RewardsCollaborative Writing and WikisPros and Cons of Using WikisWikis['] EffectivenessWeb 2.0, Web 3.0 and BeyondThe Growing Use of Online Tools

"Online tool for making anti-aliased rounded corners ... for avatars and images"

Access point for help and tutorials - Categories include: Getting Started; Organizing your Docs List; Creating and Editing Drawings; Sharing, Collaborating and Publishing; Uploading and Exporting; Fixing a Problem; and More.

Introduces free service, points out FAQs and tutorials, users' discussion space, and lesson plan database

Defines comment spam, and explains ways of avoiding or handling it

Internet Movie Database plot summary by Liz Jordan

"EmbedPlus lets you easily upgrade video embeds with enhanced playback and relevant content" (banner, 2011.02.16).

First post on one of "five key strategies for improving academic writing" (¶1).