Presentation at AAAL, Atlanta 2010

1. Language Learning 2.0: Social Networking and Online Collaboration in Second Language Research and Practice: Managing, Creating and Sharing Knowledge Esperanza Román-Mendoza George Mason University eromanme @ gmu.edu http:// eroman.wordpress.com http://www.slideshare.net/elearningxxi/romanaaal2010 American Association for Applied Linguistics 2010 Annual Conference Atlanta, Georgia March 7, 2010

3. More than ever, we are integrating IT tools in our students’ learning processes, while still trying to figure out how those tools can be useful in general and in our professional lives

8. Google Reader subscriptions

9. http://www.pageflakes.com/eroman/27725257

10. http://www.pageflakes.com/eroman/27725257

12. Without aggregator Teacher checks blogs Comments directly on blogs

14. Teacher’s aggregator Teacher doesn’t visit blogs (wikis, etc.) Notes may be private or public

16. Course Social Personalized Start Page : All students can see teacher’s comments Students can post comments Students can be editors and add flakes

17. Accessing/commenting student blogs from course Pageflakes http://www.pageflakes.com/eroman/26088536

18. Students’ Social Personalized Start Pages : Students work independently Students present projects to class/teacher