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Conclusion 1.
Blogs are helpful for E-learning. 2. Informal channel of communication 
between teachers and students. 3. To promote social interaction (socializing in and 
out the class, sharing common interests). 4. Blog is a personal media to reflect about 
the way we learn and teach (e-portfolio). 5. Digital identity 6. Students have their 
voice 7. Visibility to your work 8. To offer materials related to class contents 9. To 
build a learning community (space to debate (feedbacks), think, comment, to write 

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about common interest news). 10. Real audience (teachers and students read what 
others write) 
Task 2
To classify Blogs from the students point of view. 
Blogs 
from 
the 
teachers 
point 
of 
view. 
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tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrN6PAPdA4_KCMbMqEWq4Je2vSpHq
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Blogs on language teaching • Blogs about news related to language teaching. 
Teacher blogs: reflections and experiences as teachers

Blogs about meetings, workshops, conferences, etc. (usually directed to 
colleagues). 
http://globalum.es/images/Blog-bien-trabajado-engagement-
asegurado.jpg
 
Language teaching blogs • Teacher-students blog in a course • Teacher blog in a 
course

Students’ blog in a course (usually related to other students’ blog and to the 
teacher’s blog). 
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Student blog used as a portfolio or learning diary to reflect about his/her 
improvement, cultural experiences, etc. 
Who are they writing to? 
http://marisaconstantinides.edublogs.org/
 
TEFL Matters. Language teaching, teacher education & new technologies. 
http://www.inglesonline.com.br/
 
Tips for those who learn or teach English.
http://www.teachingvillage.org/
 
Blog made by a passionate teacher, which is especially about teaching English to 
young learners
http://teacherrebootcamp.com/
 
Ideas & challenges for teaching ELLs
http://kalinago.blogspot.com/
 
Teaching EFL teachers how to teach speaking. 
RSS

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU
 
 
http://www.feedly.com/
 
Ideas for our blog
• Title?
• Gmail account?
• Porpoise/ Goals?
• Who are our potential readers?
• Who is in charge?
• Social networks (Twitter, Google+, Facebook)
• Who would like to participate and how often?
• Languages?
• Contents? (Drive document for ideas) 
Bibliography
“Using blogs for language teaching” (used in this presentation)
http://ict-rev.ecml.at/Portals/1/documents/Using_Blogs_for_languag 
e_teaching.pdf
 
HUFFAKER, D.: «The educated blogger: Using Weblogs to promote literacy in the 
classroom», First Monday, Vol. 9 (6), junior 2004. 
 
http://www.firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/115 6/1076