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"The Blogosphere" by Alina Cirlanescu also known as Alina Alens
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Presentation Given by
Alina Cirlanescu
aka Alina Alens
For further inquiries write
an email to [email protected]
Current Trends in Blogging
Why do teachers need to blog?
Tips on blog writing (I) & blog building (II),
How to develop your blog as an interactive learning platform
How to integrate the blogging experience into the reality of daily life
The Future of Blogging
Assess through your blog
Update your blog
Profess responsible blogging
Group A:
Make a list of topics
that you did not find
enough time to get into
at (one or more of) your
classes.
Group B:
Think about your top
strengths and your
personal interests and
discuss how you
integrate them into
your teaching.
ARTIST BLOG (2009) The E L B (2010)
POETRY BLOG (2011)
MUSIC BLOG (2011)
Write down interesting ideas and topics that come up in class and you may not have time for;
Write down interesting links to ELT websites, other language blogs or anything that you consider a suitable language learning resource;
Encourage your students to suggest topics of interest that can further be developed on the blog;
Encourage your students to take part in the activities by setting tasks, deadlines and guidelines of participation;
Create suitable categories (and tags) to best archive the activities you design, the posts you write and your students’ contribution on the blog;
Delegate blogging responsibilities.
Free blogging platforms:
Wordpress - http://wordpress.com/
Blogger - www.blogger.com/
Blog.com - http://blog.com/
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Develop your
blog as an
interactive
learning platform
Encourage your students to:
Author posts or submit papers for on-line publication
Support each other as bloggers/ commentators
Leave comments
Take polls
Develop your
blog as an
interactive
learning platform
Encourage your students to:
Author posts or submit papers for on-line publication
Support each other as bloggers/ commentators
Leave comments
Take polls
Develop your
blog as an
interactive
learning platform
Encourage your students to:
Author posts or submit papers for on-line publication
Support each other as bloggers/ commentators
Leave comments
Take polls
Develop your
blog as an
interactive
learning platform
Encourage your students to:
Author posts or submit papers for on-line publication
Support each other as bloggers
Leave comments
Take polls
Develop your
blog as an
interactive
learning platform
Encourage your students to:
Author posts or submit papers for on-line publication
Support each other as bloggers
Leave comments
Take polls
APRIL 10, 2010 (POLAND)THE WEEK OF MOURNING
APRIL 29, 2011 (UK)THE ROYAL WEDDING
(1) Assess through your blog
Final semester mark
1. An oral presentation (20%)
2. A Written Test (70%)
3. Blog contribution (10%)
15 comments
1 feedback comment to be posted on the page “On-line Profile: What Do My Students Have to Say About me?”
(2) Update your blog
to keep your students and blog visitors up to date;
to maintain and increase the blog-reality confluence;
to increase your students’ exposure to a wealth of natural contexts suitable for language learning;
to support methodological changes in teaching.
Assess through your blog
Update your blog
Profess responsible blogging
Manifest diplomacy in dealing with sensitive topics;
Take responsibility for your posts/ comments;
Create opportunities for cultural and inter-cultural dialogue;
Foster common-interest, equal participation;
Expand the blogosphere by subscribing to the blogs that are relevant to your learning needs.
Contact: [email protected]
