7 reasons why language teachers should …..

Blogs can: provide opportunities for teachers to connect with

others who have similar interests and challenges be accessed anywhere, anytime and anyhow

1.

Blogs can: provide a space where information is shared allow readers to comment on posts promote reflection and dialogue develop a sense of community

2.

Blogging allows teachers to: curate and present high quality online content present content in a clear and searchable format create an ongoing chronicle and record of events and

learning become content curators and a database builders

3.

Blogs can: provide an authentic audience for student writing provide a place to celebrate culture and language showcase individual and shared successes and

achievements

4.

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Blogs can be used to to create and publish

original resources, images, video, infographics, games, surveys, digital stories and other rich media.

Experiment and play with a range of ways to create engaging content

6.

Challenge yourself to: read a blog subscribe to a blog comment on a blog post reflect on your practice and write a

guest post for a blog create a blog set up blogs for your students play with an online tool and take a

few risks.

Blogs open up new opportunities for collaboration

A faculty, a team or a group of students can work together to create a blog

Teachers and students can provide constructive feedback

Collaborators can work together to develop and improve the blog’s content

Blogs can be used to reflect on learning and develop critical and media literacy skills

7.

blogs

Reflection

Learning Identity

Communication

Teacher to teacher

Student to teacher

Blogger to world

Cross-cultural

dialogue Feedback

Express

opinions

Skillswriting

Organising ideas

Cyber-safety

Intellectual property

Deep knowledge

Self

knowledge

Subject

knowledge

A Blog is a handy tool for teaching and learning

language teachers have a role in preparing learners to take responsibility for their own learning outside the classroom.

When learners take responsibility for their learning, they are able to take advantage of learning environments both in and out of the classroom and in online spaces.

Learning to learning

motivation to use target language because of possibilities for interaction with, and feedback from, classmates and teachers and wider community.

Authenticity