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exchange of ideas. In Nicenet the threads of conversation are visible and readable by

students as soon as the conferencing rooms are open. Learners can visualize the whole

different threads of communication among class members, but in Moodle the visualization

or display of conversation threads is hidden making students click more times to be

able to read their partners entries and to respond to them. Additionally, if students are

trained to use Nicenet with some simple understanding of html, they can include pictures,

presentations hosted in sites such asSlideShare.NetandScribd.Com,etc.

Because you do not usually find tailor-made content for your class, I decided to create

my own English pronunciation videos to help students understand and visualize vowel

segment differences. The class explanation combined with the content introduced and

displayed in my class blog have helped students for almost five years to better understand

and assimilate subtle differences in American English pronunciation. And because Nicenet

has a better display and layout when compared to Moodle forums, students find this other

Web tool more appealing for the amount of extra features it includes to share ideas, links,

documents, messaging, class members, and teacher contact information.

To fully comprehend the scope of this teaching reflections, it is highly advisable that

the following topics must be expanded further:

Freeware to edit audio and video Forums on NiceNet.Org SlideShare.Net Scribd.Com

http://reflective-online-teaching.blogspot.com/http://www.slideshare.net/http://www.slideshare.net/http://www.slideshare.net/http://www.scribd.com/http://www.scribd.com/http://www.scribd.com/http://www.scribd.com/http://www.slideshare.net/http://reflective-online-teaching.blogspot.com/

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Professor Jonathan Acua-Solano

ELT Trainer, Instructor & Curriculum Developer based in Costa Rica

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Resource Teacher & Curricular Developer atCCCN

Senior ELT Instructor atUniversidad Latina,Costa Rica, since 1998

Contact Information:

Twitter@jonacuso

Email:jonacuso@gmail.com

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Article published on Wednesday, June 11, 2014

How to quote this blog entry:

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