sample presentation

1. Why use blogs?
An introduction to blogging in the
EFL Classroom.

2. Engage
• Engage your students with authentic
materials on the Internet. Get creative
using free webtools and taking a task
based approach to learning.

3. Motivate
• Blogs are public. Somebody else will see
your work – for private class blogs your
classmates will see your work, for public
blogs, a much wider audience will see
your blog. Students (and teachers) are
more careful about their work when they
know somebody else is going to see it,
and seeing a finished product online is
very motivating.

4. Collaborate
• Encourage students to collaborate with
each other. By commenting on each
other’s work in an appropriate manner and
helping each other to use online tools
students develop collaborate skills that will
help them in other areas of their learning/
work lives.

5. Authentic
• Blogging is an authentic task. Not only are
students learning English, they are also
learning authentic and useful life skills.

6. The “Flipped” or “Connected”
Classroom
• Extend your classroom by using your blog
to prepare for and continue work done in
the classroom. Instead of workbook
exercises, make homework more fun by
using online games, video and voice
recording for students to complete at
home.