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TICs y Lenguas
June 30, 2008 | Tagged Argentina, blog, blogging, edubloggers, ICT, languages, team blog |
Having been an active participant in the English speaking edublogosphere for some years, I also feel the need to connect to Spanish-speaking edubloggers. After attending Rosario BlogDay, joining Edublogger Argento, and taking online courses in my L1 for teachers of different foreign languages, I became aware of the growing community of Argentinian educators who are integrating technology into their classes. In spite of being able to share knowledge, events, tools, information and, most importantly, our cultural identity, there was still something I could not share with many of them: my blog, simply because it was in another language.
I really treasure this space, not only because it witnesses my learning adventures and my professional development, but also because it allows me to connect with EFL colleagues all over the world and build virtual networks of collaboration. However, at a certain point, I also feel the need and the responsibility to help spread those networks f2f. I know that there are still very few EFL teachers in my area that would commit to such a venture, but what if we invited other (foreign) language teachers, of Spanish, French, Portuguese, etc.? Then, the network would be stronger, allowing diversity while focusing on the special interest of language teachers, and in our mother tongue, letting us also become a part of the general educational community.
So I thought a team blog would be a good starting point. I contacted Griselda Sassola, a teacher of French who’s been working with ICT for a long time. We’ve started a blog called TICs y Lenguas (ICT and Languages), which intends to be an open space for discussion and interaction. We are going to invite teachers to publish their posts as authors and we have also set up static pages for announcements and resources.
I know this is going to be a long path, but we’ve already set the ball rolling!
Comments
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Excellent initiative, and good starting point!
Congratulations and nice trip
Hi, Gustavo!
Thanks for leaving a comment. We now have another space to share ideas in Spanish!
I always remember your blog when I do the listening activity about potlatches with my students.
See you in the blogosphere!
Good luck with your new project. I’ve taken the article on Share and put it in my blog University Magazine
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