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  Weblogs in English Language Teaching A Weblog is a free user-friendly technology that is easily created, tailored, used, maintained, and frequently updated (Noytim, 2010). Blog posts are Asynchronous because students can learn at different time.   Unique Features of Weblogs -         Individual ownership : individual bloggers can ·       publish the blog content ·       moderate readers’ comments ·       decide the rights of the readers ·       customize the look and feel of the blog -         Updates displayed in reverse chronological order: A typical blog places the latest posting at the top of the page. Older posts appear further down the latest post. This systematic reverse chronological display of the postings makes it possible for users to access the latest posting immediately when logging on the blogs. -         Archival of postings : Weblogs auto-archived older posts, placing newer posts on the top of the blog. Over time, the blog will continue to grow,

  Computer Application in ELT National Education Act , B.E.2542 ( พระราชบัญญัติการศึกษาแห่งชาติ 2542) -producers and users of technologies for education -appropriate, high-quality, and efficient technologies - Use the technologies for acquiring knowledge Themselves on a continuous lifelong basis. The Teachers Council of Thailand                Teachers must have basic knowledge of computer and be able to use at least the Windows operating system, the Microsoft Office and should also be able to apply Internet in the teaching. The role of teachers in using technology •organizer (ผู้จัดงาน) •instructional designer (นักออกแบบการเรียนการสอน) •material resource manager (ผู้จัดการทรัพยากรวัสดุ) •instructional guide (ไกด์ด้านการเรียนการสอน) •facilitator ( ผู้อำนวยความสะดวก ) Technology in Language Teaching Before 80’s Tape records, language laboratories, video In the 80’s CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning.) การใช้โปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์ช่วยเรียนภาษา