Hints for Busy TeachersHow to Maintain Your Blog Alive.

Emma MatreniucEFL Instructor MA in Philology

BLOGCOMMUNICATING and SHARING

• Blog (web log) - it is a network journal, journal of events ;

• Its main content: regularly added notes, commentaries,pictures, images;

• 1.Entertainment (mothers, housekeepers)

• 2. Communcative (to share,to talk)• 3. For self-presentation (as a diary)

• 4.For getting together and keep social network (to support each other, to keep friendship, be better colleagues);

• 5.For memoirs (like paper diary/self-communication)

• 6. For self-development and reflection (one can create his/her own image and structure personal thoughts

BLOG – a new approach in Teaching

• Teaching with Blog becomes important

• Every Teacher can have a Blog

Why should we maintain the Blog alive

Students:• Do not fulfill the

assignments;• Do not leave commentsdo not have time, i-net;• Complain on too much

hometask to do;

Teachers=colleagues:• Have no time to access your

Blog;• Are afraid to “enter”your

Blog;• Do not know how to navigate

and walk through your Blog;• Are unaware or have no idea

how useful it is;

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What is Good and How can we Motivate

• Blog community• Collaborate• Blog buddies• Commenting=friendship• Sharing opinions• Introduce students to a

new range of personal and educational benefits

Teacher’s Blog Makes Activity Interesting and Diversed

What is Good • It makes the process of acquiring

the subject easier , more comprehensive for children/students/adults;

• It gets together Teachers and Students/ Teachers and Parents;

• It shares positive experiences of other teachers; • It initiates positive communication;

• It brings new information from various resources;

• It gives additional materials to students;

• Blog incorporates several subjects and makes English an interdisciplinarian lesson;

Eye-catchy Blog Pages

Colors,Images,Words

Be very clear from the very first sight when one accesses or opens it (be it your student, colleague or any other visitor);

• The pages and rubrics you form should look comprehensively and structured;

• The words that you use to entitle one or another page should reflect exactly what it comprises;

• Each Blog should have a design that will be pleasant for the reader’s eye and correspond the teaching aims;

• The words, phrases and images you use should be eye-catchy and inspiring;

• You should necessarily follow Blog Etiquette Tips

More Blog Help Motivation • Your Teacher’s blog should have all the facilities for your

students ( a dictionary on your page, a calendar, an additional tutorial if needed, data of the task, a simple and detailed explanation for students with special needs);

• The Assignments that you create should be clearly structured so that your students could understand the Task, especially those who missed the class;

Each Instruction should be explained simply and consequently;

• Provide the examples and enough facility information for the topics you consider to be the most difficult ones;

• Use the information (audio, video, any on-line techniques) that is relevant for your students’ language level and development;

• Mind the aims of the Teacher’s Blog when you create a Task or organize an activity: to develop certain skills and abilities;

• Involve all the students from your classes through the tasks you create, so that they could share the experience with each other and peer educate themselves;

• Be open to reflect and respond to all their questions;

https://aculovrodica.wordpress.com/-- the UK video

http://alionabragaru.weebly.com/assignments -- different houseshttp://emmamatreniuc.weebly.com/themes-for-english-classes/december-travelling-dreams#comments-- my animoto

http://emmamatreniuc.weebly.com/themes-for-english-classes/archives/11-2014 -- The Happy Prince

http://themodernscholar.weebly.com/-- past cont tense

http://myblogclass.weebly.com/ --Olesea “Our work,2nd form, Days of the week”

Blog and Inclusive Education

• Differentiated Instruction

• Resource Center

• Bigger letters,louder volume in headphones, more vivid image on the screen, more time at home to get ready

Blogs for Different children

Blog lives in Collaboration between Teachers• SHARING EXPERIENCE• Resources,materials,topics,collaboration,

approaches

Blog– incorporation of Teaching Work and Creativity

• Rodelia Aculov “Mihai Eminscu” Lyceum https://aculovrodica.wordpress.com/

• Luminița Tiuliuliuc “Mihai Eminescu” Lyceumhttp://themodernscholar.weebly.com/

• Nadia Crușnevschi "Mihai Eminescu“ Collegehttp://follownadia.weebly.com/

• Maria Ionesi “Gaudeamus” Lyceum http://mariaionesi.weebly.com/the-10th-and-11th-forms • Olesea Chihai Gymnasium ,,Gura Căinarului’’,

http://myblogclass.weebly.com/

• Nicoleta VORONIUC "Valeriu Topala" Lyceum http://classroomblogzabriceni.weebly.com/

Easy Video On-line Help• http://www.elcivics.com/statue_liberty_p1.html

• https://voicethread.com/about/library/Comparing_JS_Bach_and_Paul_McCartney_Constance_Vidor/

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liyFKUFCQno --a good essay in 5 points

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhOJZwLG8C4 -- song about paragraph essay

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc80eaDcq5E ---Adam English “to say Want”

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IFDuhdB2Hk- -- Adam writing Paragraphs

Thank you for participation!Good Luck in Your Blog Journey !!!