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The Serendipity ProjectThe Serendipity Project
Rita ZeinstejerRita ZeinstejerRosarioRosario
ArgentinaArgentina
EFL students in Rosario, ArgentinaEFL students in Rosario, Argentina
f2f classf2f class preparing for CAEpreparing for CAE (upper interm/advanced level)(upper interm/advanced level)
aged 17-25aged 17-25
First Stage: Class BlogFirst Stage: Class Bloghttp://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-04-04T18_39_11-07_00http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-04-04T18_39_11-07_00
Implications:Implications: Blog features: text, Blog features: text,
audio, pixaudio, pix Going GlobalGoing Global NetiquetteNetiquette CommitmentCommitment Focus on Focus on
communicationcommunication
Second Stage: Individual BlogsSecond Stage: Individual Blogshttp://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-04-22T14_31_05-07_00http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-04-22T14_31_05-07_00
Opening personal blogs:Opening personal blogs:
tutorialtutorial Posting urlsPosting urls Visiting classmates’ Visiting classmates’
blogs blogs Posting commentsPosting comments http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/ehttp://caeb2007.podomatic.com/e
ntry/2007-04-26T20_19_29-07_0ntry/2007-04-26T20_19_29-07_000
Third Stage: Blog Search EngineThird Stage: Blog Search Engine
Technorati:Technorati: search, surface, organize search, surface, organize
blogs blogs taggingtagging: its concept: its concept
Fourth Stage: Tracking Blogs Fourth Stage: Tracking Blogs
Bloglines: Bloglines: “aggregator” or “feed “aggregator” or “feed collector”collector”
tracking favourite tracking favourite news/blogs/podcastsnews/blogs/podcasts
Subscribe to it: latest Subscribe to it: latest postings will be brought!postings will be brought!
publish, share your own publish, share your own blogblog
visit your aggregator often visit your aggregator often and save time!and save time!
Fifth Stage: Social BookmarkingFifth Stage: Social Bookmarking
Del.icio.us:Del.icio.us: your network: storing, your network: storing,
sharing and discovering sharing and discovering bookmarks.bookmarks.
tagstags to organize to organize bookmarksbookmarks
collaborative repository collaborative repository of related infoof related info
http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/ehttp://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-05-07T09_02_24-07_0ntry/2007-05-07T09_02_24-07_000
The Serendipity ProjectThe Serendipity Project
Instructions Instructions http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-05-18T19_12_16-07_0005-18T19_12_16-07_00
Students Serendipitous storiesStudents Serendipitous stories
http://juancrist.podomatic.com/http://juancrist.podomatic.com/ Students recordings: mp3 player in class Students recordings: mp3 player in class
http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-06-08T18_26_29-http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-06-08T18_26_29-07_0007_00
http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-06-09T12_24_21-http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-06-09T12_24_21-07_0007_00
Tagging Writingmatrix Tagging Writingmatrix http://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/writingmatrixhttp://www.technorati.com/posts/tag/writingmatrix
Students’ FeedbackStudents’ Feedbackhttp://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-09-07T17_39_46-http://caeb2007.podomatic.com/entry/2007-09-07T17_39_46-
07_0007_00
Awareness of:Awareness of:* reaching a global audience* reaching a global audience
* need to be accurate* need to be accurate
* importance of meaningful interaction* importance of meaningful interaction
* importance of sharing findings* importance of sharing findings
* importance of using English authentically* importance of using English authentically
* available technology* available technology