Presentation given on February 26th 2009 to Brazilian EFL teachers in the Northeast of Brazil.

1. Blogging as an exploration Barbara (Bee) Dieu February 26 th 2009

4. What do they look like? http://beespace.net http://tawawa.org/miejournal/ http://6eme05.blogspot.com http://lycee.wordpress.com Barbara Dieu

15. What is learning? Learning is essentially about change It involves changes in attitudes, beliefs, capabilities knowledge structures, skills Barbara Dieu

16. Still use the web as a book? Barbara Dieu

17. The shift in paradigm static x dynamic passive x active centralized x distributed closed x open Barbara Dieu

22. How to get one? blogger.com wordpress.com edublogs.org learnerblogs.org Barbara Dieu

26. “ The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, a book, a talk on the street, an encounter, a phrase learned” (Anais Nin) Barbara Dieu

27. How to keep informed Barbara (Bee) Dieu [email_address] http://dekita.org http://tappedin.org

28. “ It is an exploration . You start from nothing and learn as you go” * Adapted from E.L. Doctorow What is blogging?