WinK Core: Weblogging in Kumamoto

"[T]his review will focus on the iOS iPad version of Duolingo, Apple's 2013 App of the year (Duolingo, 2014) in English (L1) with French as the target language (L2)" (Overview, ¶2)."

"[T]his review will focus on the iOS iPad version of Duolingo, Apple's 2013 App of the year (Duolingo, 2014) in English (L1) with French as the target language (L2)" (Overview, ¶2)."

Screencast demonstration of quotation, paraphrase, and reference composition techniques by Trey Erwin (2015)

Screencast demonstration of quotation, paraphrase, and reference composition techniques by Trey Erwin (2015)

"TimelineJS is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines. Beginners can create a timeline using nothing more than a Google spreadsheet" (Timeline JS, Overview, 2017.01/11).

In this article, Spearie (2017) outlined a "process to familiarize students with the conventions of literature reviews, to help them analyze their own research to find the appropriate organizational style, and finally to enable them to write their own literature reviews" (¶2, 2017.08.04). The article and appendices are available as a PDF. Reference Spearie, Jen. (2017). Teaching literature reviews to EAP students. _TESOL Connections_ (August 2017). http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/issues/2017-08-01/2.html

In this article, Spearie (2017) outlined a "process to familiarize students with the conventions of literature reviews, to help them analyze their own research to find the appropriate organizational style, and finally to enable them to write their own literature reviews" (¶2, 2017.08.04). The article and appendices are available as a PDF. Reference Spearie, Jen. (2017). Teaching literature reviews to EAP students. _TESOL Connections_ (August 2017). http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/tesolc/issues/2017-08-01/2.html

Tips for avoiding common problems you can apply to individual blogs as well.

The guide for Book Trailers is remarkably similar to a template for book review blog posts

Morris has compiled "ten tips for making your blog posts easier to read" (¶6).

Explanation of when to use and how to key in en dashes

"A capitonym is a word whose meaning changes based on whether or not it is capitalized" (n.d.).  Thanks to Sandra Nelson for pointing this out to the LearningwithComputers group way back when!

In this April 1st post, Waters lists useful widgets and points out a demo blog where most are in use. Then she provides instructions for adding them to a WordPress blog.

In this blog post (2014.09.08), Brian Martin suggested several ways to alleviate the burden of marking essays or accomplishing similar tasks.

In this blog post (2014.09.30), Sabio Lantz (pen name) represented the history of the English Language in a single diagram. The main source of info. for that diagram was another website to which there is a link at the end of the post.

"An annotated collection of grammar and writing resources from around the web" (deck, 2014.11.07).

For a writing class with initial enrollment in the tens of thousands, as well as for a class with enrollment in the teens, Sokolik advocated "approaching writing as a method of inquiry, discovery and expression" (Acitve Learning, ¶1), and said she had identical goals, namely for students "to write well, to engage with ideas in meaningful ways and to write in a way to attract a wider audience" (Active Learning, ¶4).

"The main part of this website, the History, can be read as a kind of story, in chapters, following the development of the English language from its Indo-European origins, through Old English and Middle English to Early Modern English and Late Modern English, before a brief look at English Today. But there is also section on Language Issues (including How New Words are Created, Language and Geography and English as a Global Language), a Timeline of important dates in the development of English, a Glossary of some of the technical and historical terms used, and a list of Sources and Links." (Introduction, ¶5)

Aparta, Krystian. (2014, November 4). How to learn a new language: 7 secrets from TED Translators [web blog post]. Retrieved from http://blog.ted.com/2014/11/04/how-to-learn-a-new-language-7-secrets-from-ted-translators/

"Developing strong listening skills in a second language can be difficult for students. In fact, teaching listening skills is a challenge for teachers, too. One reason for this is that the actual process of listening, or what we mean by "listening skill" is not very well understood. "

I really like lesson number 8: "In order to be a better writer, you have to read! Many of my posts were inspired by something I read. I want to especially thank all of the other education bloggers out there sharing their knowledge!" I agree completely, and would like to thank Dr. Cook as well for providing just that sort of inspiration.