Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Planning a trip using Wiki

We use PBwiki for our course as you know and I wanted to share this video with you last week; however, YouTube was not working properly and I couldn't. Now, I saw that it is working and it tells how to use wikis very clearly. I hope you like it. Moreover, you can also add videos from Youtube and share your comments or ideas about the video.

Why do we use Blogs?

This video was prepared by Commoncraft and it is a really nice video presentation about the blogs. I hope you like it.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Introduction

Greetings all,

My name is Sedat Akayoglu and we will have Advanced Reading and Writing I course together this term. This blog will be the course blog and you will use this page as a meeting place, I believe. I am planning to write entries related to the topics we discuss on MSN; because most of the time you experience the same problems with your friends and it is nonsense to tell the same solution to you one by one. If you follow this page, you will find answers to your questions.

First of all, you know that you will write three entries each week and you will choose your own topics. However, it is better to start with an introduction. Since you are first grade students, you don't know each other very well, too. Firstly, introduce yourself and then you can write about 5 things that your friends do not know. That would be an interesting topic.

I am waiting for your entries and I will be responsible for the design and organization of this blog. Moreover, please do not forget to visit some webpages which are really crucial for our course. The first one is http://advancedreadingwriting.pbwiki.com and the second one is http://www.nicenet.org .

Best wishes,