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The project Autonomous Personal Learning Networks for Language Teachers has been funded with support from the

European Commission. This document reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible

for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Implementation methodologySetting up a blog is extremely easy. Each teacher and as well each class can have their own blog where they write about theirexperience related with school, learning, posting their book reviews or similar.

Typical of weblogs employed for teaching would include: links to websites as resources observations on learning/teaching content discussion forums learning/ teaching resources syllabus teacher professional development events

Teaching/Learning ideas:

Storage place for materials and resources: On your blog you can upload or copy and paste materials to beinstantly accessible by everyone who is allowed to visit the blog from school and from home. You can easilymanage who gets to access the blog through password and plug-in safety measures.

Host online discussions: By creating a blog you can also open an online discussion space. Visitors can simplyrespond to blog posts and comment on topics you have set. Commentators can also sign up to receive emails whentheir comments are replied to and you can easily manage and edit all responses through the blog's administrativepanel.

Create a class publication: On Edublog you can add students as contributors, authors and even editors in order toproduce an engaging collaborative online publication by your class or your PLN.

Replace your newsletter:A blog can be also a space for publishing class information, news, events or recommendlinks or activities.

Encourage students to blog and contribute to class blog Engage with educators in the world: Using an Edublog can turn planning and reflection on classes into agenuinely productive - and even collaborative - experience. Sharing your plans, your reflections, your ideas and

your fears with other educators both at your school and around the world using an edublog is a great way todevelop as a teacher.

Integrate multimedia of all descriptions: It is easy to embed online video, slideshows, presentations and moreinto an edublog and mix it up with written text to produce an multimedia content.

Get feedback from students, educators or parents Create a fully functional website: In fact, you can use your edublog to create a multi-layered, in-depth website

with a rich multimedia content.


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The project Autonomous Personal Learning Networks for Language Teachers has been funded with support from the

European Commission. This document reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible

for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Example of implementation

Type of lesson: General English courseLevel: B1 of CEFRLesson Title: Culture events of the month - reviewAge group: Young adults (aged 18 - 21)Number of students involved: 18Duration: 90 min.

Introduction: T presents the content and aim of today lesson to use the blog format for creative writing practice.At the end of session, SS will have produced several contributions referring about some of cultural events takingplace in their region. The class blog will act as a recommendation site of cultural events and place to get to knowabout what is happening in the region.

Lead-in: T starts a classroom discussion about different culture festivals, concerts, films or theatre plays which canbe attended in the SSs region, their characteristics, venue and dates.

Lesson flow: T divides SS into groups of two or three and asks each group to select a cultural event which theyhave attended and to compose a review. Then they are asked to enter the school blog and upload their reviewwhich they can enrich by adding photos or short videos regarding the cultural events. They can add useful tips andrecommendation for other SS to take into account when interested in participating in it.

Realisation: SS following Ts technical and methodical instructions produce a blog entrance based on the outcomeof the preparative stage. They choose photos, videos to accompany the event they would like to present and theytype in the blog information about it.

Follow-up: As a final step, T evaluates each contribution and opens a discussion about the events presented.Other issues

Blogs may be viewed in public as any other website. Students must be trained on issues regarding access, privacy, security,

and free expression. They should be warned about need for carefully consideration the content of postings to avoid anythingdefamatory or an infringement upon the rights of others. Teachers can create, monitor and edit blogs to ensure that the

postings are appropriate and pertain to the classroom.

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