Grit Matthias


Workshops

Matthias, G. (2009, January). Basics of Web 2.0 for Language Teaching. Workshop for Lecturers, Cornell University.

Matthias, G. (2008, December). Basics of Web 2.0 for Language Teaching. Workshop for Teaching Assistants, Cornell University.

Matthias, G. (2008, May). Podcast-Workshop for Language Teachers, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.

Links and Material from Workshops:

What is Web 2.0 by Tim O’Reilly

Blogs:

Blogs in Plain English by commoncraft:

Blog Provider:

http://edublogs.org
http://wordpress.com
https://www.blogger.com

Video Tutorial by edublogs.org

Podcasts:

Podcast Catcher: iTunes
Tutorial: How to subscribe to podcasts.

Audacity and LAME encoder (the Lame is necessary to save the produced audio files as mp3s)

Instructions for installing the LAME encoder
Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters

Podcast Hosts:

http://podspot.de (German provider)
http://www.podbean.com (100MB free)
http://www.gcast.com (free, but no Blog)
http://www.mypodcast.com (free, but with advertisement)
http://www.podango.com (free, but with advertisement)

Overview of Podcast Hosting companies

creative commons
The Freesound Project
jamendo