Enhancing Online Communities with Voice and Webcams

Vance Stevens	Helaine Marshall	Buthaina Al Othman

Answers to HeLaine's Questions

• Regarding your questions on Weblogs:

<helaine.marshall@l...> wrote: (messages published with permission)
> OK.
> I made a BLOG! What is it? What do I do with it? Why do I have it?
>

Ok, Laine, here are my answers:
1) https://alothman-b.tripod.com/weblog_handout.htm

2) https://alothman-b.tripod.com/new-studs-m-03.htm (a current
project).
3) https://alothman-b.tripod.com/162-53_blogs.htm (a current
project).
4) https://alothman-b.tripod.com/writing162/ (a current project).

• As for your other questions: (message published with permission)

> I joined learning communities: webheads, realenglishonline,
learning
> times, tapped in, anything on Vance's headers (term?) on the
portal.
> Why am I joining these groups? What do they do in these groups?
Who
> are they? There are people in and not in our course, so I get
> confused.>

Ok , Laine, your question:
1.Why I joined Weabheads?
My answers:
a) http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/whyijoined_wia_1.htm
b) http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/whystilhere.htm
c) http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/thingsilearned_wia.htm

Your question:
2) Why I joined Real English Online, (REO)?
My answer: (helped me create a great lesson for my students)

https://alothman-b.tripod.com/culturesp_bysts.htm

Your question:
Why I joined Learning Times, (LT)?
My answer:
a. helped me create great lessons, and you could log in LT to
listen to my students' feedback recorded at the Voice board there.

b. https://alothman-b.tripod.com/culture-voicemsge.htm

Your question:
Why I joined tappedin.org, (Ti)?
My answer:
a. To me Tapped in is an eye opener, it is a great MOO tool that
helps e-learners to become independent learners, and use critical
thinking.
b. Here is an example of how one Webhead in Action, Aiden Yeh,
used Ti in a project for her students:

http://www.geocities.com/aidenyeh/shih_chien/2ndsem/whatsinaname/who.
htm
(Please copy the whole URL and paste it in a new window to access
the page).

Buth