This document describes an EFL blogging course for Moldovan regional teachers. The 4-month course aims to equip teachers with skills for using blogs and online tools to enhance English language teaching. During the course, participants will learn how to create and manage a class or school blog, incorporate multimedia like videos and graphics, engage students in blog activities and online projects, and integrate blogging into their English lessons. By the end of the course, participants will be able to present their blog and share their experiences at a final event, and train other teachers in their regions.

1. entries and commenting on
other blogs.
In addition to that, participants
will have looked into comment
management, template
personalization and will learn
how to enhance their class or
school blog using other online
tools, such as Voki, Animoto,
Pow Toon, Google Polls, free
online dictionaries, DVolver,
Listy and many more.
The project will equip
Moldovan regional teachers
with the necessary skills to
use online tools such as blogs
to enhance their English
language teaching
experience.
Participants will learn how to
engage students in online
projects and raise up their
interest in studying English
using online tools.
By the end of the project,
participants will have
experimented with creating a
class or school blog, inviting
members, posting and editing
By the end of the project, participants will have:
 created a class or school blog
 posted and edited entries
 commented on other blogs
 tried team blogging (inviting members)
 explored options for comment management
 investigated possibilities for template personalization
 compared different blog hosts
 grasped the concept of syndication (RSS)
 compared aggregators and other syndication tools
 discussed the potential of blogging as a teaching tool in the
English lesson and as a tool for professional development
C o u r s e d e s c r i p t i o n
C o u r s e o b j e c t i v e s
EFL Blogging School
for Moldovan
Regional Teachers
S p e c i a l p o i n t s
o f i n t e r e s t :
 Description
 Objectives
 Tasks
 Team
 Partners
Become an active EFL blogger and learn
how to involve your class in meaningful
blogging in just 4 months !

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“Don’t focus on
having a great blog.
Focus on producing
a blog that’s great for
your readers.”
Month 1: EFL blogging basics
During the first month of the course, participants will:
 exchange introductions and become familiar with the group
environments
 try tools for synchronous communication to be used during
the project
 answer a survey to determine their previous experience with
blogging
 add themselves to the group map
 visit the group blog
 discuss the concept of blog (and distinguish it from
"website" and "wiki"
 analyze various EFL blogs and the ways these are used to
enhance EFL teaching and learning
Exploring the pedagogical uses of a
blog
By the end of October, participants will:
 edit their class or school blog profile
 post, edit and format their first entries
 learn how to add images, links and widgets to blog
entries
 explore options for comment moderation and
establish blog settings according to your
preferences
 experiment with various blog tools and widgets
used for language teaching and learning
 explore the pedagogical uses of a blog
 Video Production Tools
Movie maker, Voicethread, Voki
 Writing Production Tools
Dvolver, Tagxedo, Fodey
 Graphic Production
Glogster, Pininterest
 Easy solutions for busy teachers
ReadWriteThink
Month 2: Video production for EFL
blogging and involving students

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Month 4: Enhancing the blog as a
teaching tool
Blogging: Off we go!
 E-Portfolio
 Projects
 Integrating on-line Tools in lesson
plans
 Evaluating using blogs (rubrics)
Month 4 is dedicated to:
 turning the blog into a teaching tool
 enhancing the blog with tools for EFL teaching and
learning
 integrating the blog into daily teaching practice
 adjusting the blog to school curricula
 combining classroom teaching with online teaching
 actively involving students in posting on the blog
(complete tasks, post comments, submit
homework etc.)
Month 3: Creating an EFL class/school
blog and involving students
 Dictionaries
MWvisual, thefreedictionary, visuwords
 Polls
Monkey Survey, Google Polls
 Video Teaching Tools
UTube, Teacher Tube, Jenny ESL
 Speaking Production Tools
Prezi, Slideshare+audio

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Preparing your blog for the final event
In January your blog will:
 be prepared to be presented in public at the project
final event,
 reflect everything you learned during the project,
 include your teaching portfolio, students sample work,
lesson plans, teaching advice, bibliography for
students etc.
Month 5:
Presenting your Blog and sharing from
your experience
In February each participant will:
 present his/her blog during the project closing event
in Chisinau,
 be in charge of organizing a 25-45 min workshop to
share from his / her experience on the project,
 organize a training for 10-15 teachers and educators
in his/her home region.

5. Olga Morozan Svetlana Lungu Corina Ceban Dr Daniela
Munca-Aftenev
This project was funded by a grant from the United States Department of State. The opinions, findings and con-
clusions stated herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Depart-
ment of State.
Trainers
PROJECT PARTNERS