USING BLOGS IN THE CLASSROOM---
- 1. THE USE OF BLOGS IN CLASS TO MY FOLLOWERS TUTORIAL: USING ELENA’S BLOG. BLOG IN PROGRESS… by Elena Gómez Ortego ( EOI teacher)
- 2. WHAT’S A BLOG? Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjwUHXoi8lM
- 3. DID YOU THINK I WAS GOING TO LEAVE YOU ALONE?!
- 4. DEAR FOLLOWERS ( STUDENTS, CO- WORKERS,ETC) APOLOGY First of all, I owe you an apology for leaving my blog aside and not updating it in the past months. Motherhood keeps you busy and changes your life completely, as most of you will know.
- 5. 39.639 VIEWS , OCTOBER 2015 I STARTED IT IN
- 6. THANK YOU! To my followers for supporting me all these years. Thanks to my students ( elementary B1 to advanced B2) and visits I keep the blog updated. Thanks to my colleagues for their feedback on my blog. It makes me realize that it’s worth the effort. I hope this blog has come in handy for your daily learning goals.
- 7. REFLECTING ON BLOGGING FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES Moving on to the blog part….after 7 years keeping and updating this blog, as a teacher, I can’t help but ask myself these questions related to the use of blogs in the classroom.
- 9. ELENA’S QUESTIONS What? What's the purpose of my blog? Who? Who are my potential readers? How? How am I going to use it in class? When/ How often? When am I going to use it during the school year? Where? Where will I work with it? In the classroom, at home? What for? What's the aim of using it? What skill do I want my students to practice, improve, master. Which materials? Why?Reasons for keeping, updating, changing the layout of the blog. Is it worth it?
- 10. ANSWERS What for? For( learning / knowledge/improvement/ entertaining/ fun, and the last reason …for helping you get prepared for your final exams.) The last reason is not as important as the first. FOR LEARNING
- 11. WHY? Because… My blog is a part of me as a teacher and you need it for progress. I can reach you everywhere and teach you anywhere/everywhere. This blog is an extra students’ book, workbook but with more digital materials and content. You can post your classroom written tasks on the blog. It contains materials created by me for the lessons and it also includes authentic and carefully chosen materials related to the lesson topic, grammar point, etc we are studying in class. I can also post students’ materials on the blog. Materials come from differerent sources: online media and book sources which do only exist online. It saves us time in the classroom and dynamizes teaching and learning. It represents the main points included in the Syllabus and and lesson plans. The blog stays here for good and you can always access its contents.
- 12. IS IT WORTH IT? I bet some teachers are still asking the exact same question. You know…it’s time consuming and I’ve spent a lot of hours in front of the computer creating/updating this blog and its materials.
- 13. STUDENT’S QUESTIONS What's a blog? How often do we need to visit it? FAQ:Where can we find the materials? There’s a lot of information, I get lost. How do I use it? What for? Purpose of using the goal, advantage of using it and results. How useful is it for them? They exchange opinions in class. Why do we have to use it?! (upset, desperate, worried student,)
- 14. REASONS FOR UPDATING THE BLOG Due to lack of time, students often find it hard to follow it or look for specific contents on the blog.
- 15. ABOUT ENTRIES AND CONTENTS SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016 ENTRIES Entries will not refer to a specific part of a coursebook, but they will be independently posted as online materials or pieces of news. HOW do I look for contents? Remember: contents are already on the blog.
- 16. How can I find B2 contents? 1. Click on “advanced contents index” ( it’s still unfinished and provisional but it can help). 2. You can also visit B2 topics section.
- 18. BLOG ARCHIVE: TO SEE CONTENTS
- 19. ADVANCED B2.2 (2ND YEAR ADVANCED) CONTENTS I’m working on it now. But you’ll see it under this name : ADVANCED B2 CONTENTS INDEX ( visit the blog and scroll down)
- 20. SCROLL DOWN
- 22. MATERIALS YOU CAN FIND ON THE BLOG Advanced contents index Grammar contents Cleft sentences, the passive voice, defining/non-defining relative clauses, Functions Giving opinion, comparing, expressing contrast, paraphrasing, being tactful,polite interruptions Vocabulary Pronunciation/ Phonetics skills Listening COMOR Speaking EXINO Reading COMLE Writing EXINE
- 23. REMEMBER: Each year I’ve been uploading and linking tons of interesting materials and creating new ones for you, so you won’t need to look further. TIP: Just follow the new posts to come and visit the old labels on the left side bar.
- 24. CONCLUSION Yes, it is worth having/keeping a blog and I’ll keep on working on it and improving it. I hope this tutorial helps.
- 25. BLOG ADDRESS AND CONTACT Blog:click and learn (elementary to advanced). http://cursodeingles-elena.blogspot.com.es/ CONTACT ME AT: languelen@gmail.com I’ll keep you posted!!
Editor's Notes
- #2: THE USE OF BLOGS IN CLASS. UPDATING BLOG FOR FUTURE USES.