2. Blogs can:
 provide opportunities for teachers to connect with
others who have similar interests and challenges
 be accessed anywhere, anytime and anyhow

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Blogs open up new opportunities for collaboration
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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

9. Learning
Identity
Reflection
Teacher to
teacher
Subject
knowledge
Communication
Self
knowledge
Deep
knowledge
blogs
Blogger to
world
Cross-cultural
writing
Skills
dialogue
Intellectual
property
Student to
teacher
Feedback
Organising
ideas
Cyber-safety
Express
opinions

12. 
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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.

13. 
motivation to use target language because of
possibilities for interaction with, and feedback
from, classmates and teachers and wider
community.