Blogging

1. King Saud University
Preparatory Year Deanship
Intensive English Programme
‫قسم مهارات اللغة الجنجليزية‬
Title of powerpoint

2. BLOGGING
Kassim MASTAN
RESOURCES COORDINATOR

3. Learning outcomes
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By the end of this session you will have:
An understanding of the benefits of using
blogging with EFL learners.
An understanding of how to create a basic
blog site.

4. What is a blog?
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A blog is a website in which items are
posted on a regular basis and displayed.
The term blog is a shortened form of the
word web-log.

5. What is a blogger?
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A person who posts these entries is called
a “blogger”
Blogs use a conversational style of
documentation.

6. Benefits of Blogs
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How might you use blogs to benefit your
students?
Providing extra reading practice for students.
To guide students to online resources
appropriate for their level.
To increase the sense of community in a class.
To encourage shy students to participate.
To encourage a process-writing approach.
As an online portfolio of student written work.

7. Examples of
Blogs
http://writingaclass2011.blogspot.com/
http://burcuakyol.com/
http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org/

8. What is WordPress?
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WordPress was created as a blogging
software.
WordPress allows you to create Posts.
Posts are the principal element (or
content) of a blog. The posts are writings,
compositions and discussions. Without
posts, there is no blog!

9. Creating a WordPress blog
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Today we will learn how to create a basic
blogsite:
The Registration Process
Site Administration
Customizing your website

10. The Registration Process
Wordpress.com

11. The Registration Process
Register a username and email address

12. The Registration Process
Activating your account

13. The Registration Process
Username and email confirmation

14. The Registration Process
Your website

15. Site Administration
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Accessing through URL
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username.wordpress.com/wp-admin

16. Site Administration
Administration Homepage

17. Site Administration
Options

18. Customizing Your Site
Presentation Tab

19. Customizing Your Site
Color Header

20. Customizing Your Site
Custom Image Header

21. Customizing Your Site
Adding Links

22. Customizing Your Site
Other Options
Quotes
Links
RSS Feeds
Calendar
Book List

23. What blogging activities can
you think of to use with your
EFL learners?
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Weekly Quiz based on classroom
learning.
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A review of level specific online resources
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Writing entries for homework

24. Conclusion
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Blogging provides a great forum for
communicating with your students.
Blogging can be used as a tool to set
homework activities.
Blogging creates a great way of
enhancing students’ writing skills by
allowing students to draft and redraft their
contributions under teacher guidance.

25. THE END
Adapted from:
http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Semantics
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/blogging-elt