4. Why blogging?
● Provides an opportunity for reflection (teacher and
students)
● Opens up writing to a wider audience
● Opportunity to practice writing and communication skills
5. Why blogging?
● Builds a learning support community
● Empowers student voice
● Platform for peer feedback
27. Ideas for content
● Information about class, assignments, daily routine,
tasks etc.
● Discussion and comments forum.
● Class photos and videos.
● Photos and videos of resources related to class work.
28. Ideas for content
● Interesting articles, and stories.
● Vocabulary lists.
● Links to resources, games and fun ways to learn
English.
● Cultural stories written by students.
29. Comments & feedback
Student feedback:
● Share 1 positive thing about the post.
● Share 1 thing their peers can work on/improve.
● Share a personal story that relates to the blog post.
30. Comments & feedback
Teacher feedback:
It’s best to give “constructive criticism” on students blogs
privately.
32. Credits
● Write About: www.writeabout.com
● Sarah Slattery “I’ve never seen a smiling face that wasn’t beautiful”: http:
//sahslat.blogspot.ca/
● Matthew Fioroni “Matt’s Weekly”: http://mattsblognetwork.blogspot.ca/
● Seulki Kim “Digital Storytelling”: http://skkim9.blogspot.ca/
● Oleksii Nuzhdin “Here we are or I am here”: https://www.youtube.
com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404&v=UA0XyjtIIuQ