Blogging for English Language Learners. Student blogs, classroom blogs, Benefits, content ideas, examples.

1. Blogging for English
Language Learners
The How’s the Why’s and other things….

2. Introduction:
Twitter: @RusulAlrubail
Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/users/rusul-
alrubail
Website: www.rusulalrubail.com

3. Why blogging?

4. Why blogging?
● Provides an opportunity for reflection (teacher and
students)
● Opens up writing to a wider audience
● Opportunity to practice writing and communication skills

5. Why blogging?
● Builds a learning support community
● Empowers student voice
● Platform for peer feedback

6. Why blogging?
● Motivates and engages students in
communicative learning on a higher
level

7. Where to begin??

8. Wordpress

9. Wordpress

10. Blogger

11. Blogger

12. Kidblog

13. EduBlogs

14. Write About

15. What to Blog?
● discussions
● responses
● reflections
● sharing images/links/resources

16. What to Blog?
● vocabulary and grammar activities
● paragraph writing
● commentary
● digital storytelling

17. Student blogs

18. Student blogs

19. Student blogs

20. Digital storytelling

21. Digital storytelling
Here we are or I am here. By Oleksii Nuzhdin

22. Classroom Blog Benefits
● clarifications
● understanding
● communication
● language development
● parent/student engagement

23. Classroom Blogs

24. Classroom blogs

25. Classroom blogs

26. Classroom blogs

27. Ideas for content
● Information about class, assignments, daily routine,
tasks etc.
● Discussion and comments forum.
● Class photos and videos.
● Photos and videos of resources related to class work.

28. Ideas for content
● Interesting articles, and stories.
● Vocabulary lists.
● Links to resources, games and fun ways to learn
English.
● Cultural stories written by students.

29. Comments & feedback
Student feedback:
● Share 1 positive thing about the post.
● Share 1 thing their peers can work on/improve.
● Share a personal story that relates to the blog post.

30. Comments & feedback
Teacher feedback:
It’s best to give “constructive criticism” on students blogs
privately.

31. Credits
● Rusul Alrubail site: www.rusulalrubail.com
● Blogging image: Creativecommons, 2013.
● Dr. Will site: www.iamDrWill.com
● Rusul Alrubail Blogger: www.rusulalrubail.blogspot.com
● Wordpress: www.wordpress.com
● Blogger: www.blogger.com
● Kidblog: www.kidblog.org
● Edublogs: www.edublogs.org

32. Credits
● Write About: www.writeabout.com
● Sarah Slattery “I’ve never seen a smiling face that wasn’t beautiful”: http:
//sahslat.blogspot.ca/
● Matthew Fioroni “Matt’s Weekly”: http://mattsblognetwork.blogspot.ca/
● Seulki Kim “Digital Storytelling”: http://skkim9.blogspot.ca/
● Oleksii Nuzhdin “Here we are or I am here”: https://www.youtube.
com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404&v=UA0XyjtIIuQ

33. Credits
● Doug Robertson’s Class site: “Mr. Robertson’s Class”: http://kidblog.
org/class/MrRobertsonsClassB7/posts
● Jessica Lifshitz’s class site: “Mrs. Lifshitz PM class”: http://kidblog.
org/MrsLifshitzPMClass/
● Creative commons icons, 2013.