USING THE BLOG AS A TEACHING RESOURCE. INTERNET RESOURCES IN OUR TEACHING : Marisa de Dios EOI Valencia eoimarisa@gmail.com http://eoimarisa.wordpress.com http://advancedenglish2.wordpress.com http://inglescomercial.wordpress.com USING THE BLOG AS A TEACHING RESOURCE. INTERNET RESOURCES IN OUR TEACHING


Slide 2:Which of these resources did you use when you started teaching? Which of these resources do you use in your teaching now? Which teaching resources do you think you will use in the near future? WORK IN PAIRS/THREES


Slide 3:WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF USING A BLOG IN OUR TEACHING? You don’t need to be a computer expert to create a blog. Minimum technical know-how. It is INTERACTIVE It is DINAMIC Students can COLLABORATE with each other Powerpoints, VIDEOS, audio files can be embedded You can have a teacher’s blog (individual) or a class blog (collective) Students can sindicate (RSS) to your blog It gives independence to students It helps students develop their “learning to learn” competence IT IS MOTIVATING


WHY WOULD I WANT TO USE BLOGGING AS A LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOL? :WHY WOULD I WANT TO USE BLOGGING AS A LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOL? 21st century students are digitally competent and future students will be even more competent. Internet: bewildering array of potentially useful resources. Blog: an innovative language learning tool. Teachers need to be methodologically updated. It develops students’ lifelong learning and self-study skills. Extra curricular extension of the classroom. Portfolio of students’ written work. Become a learner at the same time as a teacher. Students learn to become independent: interactive self-correction exercises Format variety Not limited by time or place


BLOGQUEST :BLOGQUEST Go to any of my blogs: http://eoimarisa.wordpress.com http://advancedenglish2.wordpress.com http://inglescomercial.wordpress.com TASK: Help these students. Where in the blogs should they go? “I’d like to read more about the European Portfolio” 2. “My classmate has written about her impression on Scotland and I’d like to read her post” 3. “I missed the lesson in which there was a radio programme about letting children bring their boyfriend/girlfriend sleep at home and I’d like to do the exercises” 4. ”Wow, that’s my teacher speaking on the blog!” 5. “I need more practice on vocabulary related to the word “burglar” 6. “For each word I get right in this game, they donate 20 grains” 7. “I’d like a copy of the recommended books for 2008-2009” 8. “From garden-gardener, where is the powerpoint to practice suffixes and prefixes?” 9. “I did the video comprehension exercise and checked the answers, but I still have a doubt. I’ll write a comment asking this question” 10. “I’d like to read the headlines for business news very quickly, then, If I have time, I might click and read in more detail”


JUST A FEW QUESTIONS :JUST A FEW QUESTIONS What is different about the purple blog (http://eoimarisa.wordpress.com) and the green blog (http://advancedenglish2.wordpress.com)? What is syndication?, how can I syndicate to Web 2.0 sites? The purple blog is a teacher’s blog, whereas the green one is a class blog It is a suscription to a site. Instead of you having to get in the site to see what is new, the updates to the sites go to your computer/feeds reader page. Click on symbol and follow instructions or open an account with a reader (eg: GOOGLE READER).


Slide 7:What skills are being practiced in the activities in the posts? What competences are being developed in the activities we have seen today? LISTENING: 3, READING: 1, 10 SPEAKING: 3 (follow-up to listening), 4 WRITING; 2, 9 LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE: all of them INTERACTION WITH THE PYSICAL WORLD: 1,2, 6 INFORMATION PROCESSING AND DIGITAL COMPETENCE: all of them LEARNING TO LEARN: 1, 3, 5, 8 AUTONOMY AND PERSONAL INITIATIVE 1, 2, 5,7,8,9,10 SOCIAL AND CIVIC COMPETENCE: 3, 6,10


Slide 8:The blogquest is a proposal to use ITC in class, can you think of how you could apply a blogquest, a webquest, a treasure hunt or scavenger hunt to your lessons?


Slide 11:student´s uploads


Slide 15:http://eoimarisa.wordpress.com/category/use-of-english/vocabulary/word-formation/


Slide 16:http://advancedenglish2.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/european-language-passport-and-portfolio/


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