WEBBLOG

Webblog (blog) is an online journal someone who can keep updated with words, ideas / thoughts easily via software. Anyone who can type, copy and paste to create and maintain a blog. Users can also customize the layout and even add a picture to add to the appeal. Webblog also interactive so readers can respond to each entry with comments and discussion. Webblog seems to have made it first appearance at July 1999 ( Blood,2000 ) even though webblog have been in existence since the very beginning of worl wide web ( Winer, 2002 ). There are three possible way that webblog could be put to immediate use with ESL :

·         The tutor blog

·         The learner blog

·         The class blog 

One of the main issues to consider when looking for software webblog is necessary or not its installation. Another important issue is the cost. Sign-up is very simple and only requires an email address . After knowing the type and software necessary, hopefully there is attention of other practitioners to both the potential that weblogs have to support classroom-based ESL learning and the ease with which an ESL blogging project could be started.

Reference :

Campbell,A.P (2003).weblogs for use classes, the internet TESL Journal, 9(2). Retrieved November 20th,2014,from http://iteslj.org/techniques/Campbell-weblogs.Html