Using Weblogs in the Foreign Language Classroom

<br><b>0. Introduction </b><br/>
<br><b>1. What is a weblog? </b><br/>
1.1. Description and definition <br/>
1.2. History of weblogs <br/>
1.2.1. What happened in Italy? <br/>
1.2.2. Today situation in numbers <br/>
1.3. Several kind of weblogs <br/>
1.4. How to create a weblog <br/>
<br><b>2. Blog and learning theories </b><br/>
2.1. Role of computer in language classroom <br/>
2.2. Constructivism <br/>
2.3. Cooperative/collaborative learning <br/>
2.4. A change in the role of teachers and students <br/>
<br><b>3. Blog and education </b><br/>
3.1. The blog as educational tool <br/>
3.1.1. Peter Ford and Schoolblogs <br/>
3.1.2. Will Richardson and Weblogg-ed <br/>
3.1.3. The Educational Blogger Network <br/>
3.1.4. The first edublogs and experiences in Italy <br/>
3.2. How to use weblogs in the classroom <br/>
3.3. Blog in the language classroom <br/>
3.4. Interculturality: Etwinning for fostering the European dimension through blog <br/>
3.5. On writing and reading with weblogs <br/>
3.5.1. The blog as a place for writing <br/>
3.5.2. Reading weblogs <br/>
3.5.3. Will Richardson and The Secret Life of Bees <br/>
<br><b>4. Weblogs for foreign languages: some examples </b><br/>
4.1. Melanie Segal and Spooky English <br/>
4.2. Castellanos en Italia <br/>
4.3. An help-blog: Sportello Inglese On-line <br/>
<br><b>Conclusion </b><br/>
<br><b>Bibliography</b><br/>