BLOGGING+II

=Blogging II=

Now that you have had some experience blogging, please discuss / reflect upon these questions
 * Would you be tempted to set up blogs with your students?
 * What kind of blogging project would you choose (class blog / student blogs / tutor blog*) ?
 * What age groups / levels would blogging work best with?
 * What problems do you think you may come up against? How might you solve them?

//* Do you know what the difference is between these?//

Blogging Projects
We are now going to look at some blogging projects. Work with a partner and use the table below to write notes about each one you look at. Don’t forget to look through the blog archives.


 * Michael Ivy’s Rome blog http://romelfblog.blogspot. com/
 * Inter-Teen2 blog @http://it2itaim.wordpress.com/
 * Bad Trip’s weblog @http://badtrip.wordpress.com/
 * Shiraz - the city of roses http://shiraz-the-city-of- roses-and-poets.blogspot.com/
 * Fun With English @http://fwe2.motime.com/
 * CALL Lessons 2005-7 @http://call05-06.motime.com/
 * English Level 4 http://www.englishlevel4. motime.com/
 * We See and Enjoy http://weseeandenjoy.blogspot. com/
 * FCE British Council Bilbao http:// fcebritishcouncilbilbao. blogspot.com/

Discussion:
 Now talk about the following points in relation to the blogging projects you have seen


 * Correction - is the student work corrected? How do you think this would work?
 * Compulsory? Are students expected to blog? Or can they choose not to?
 * Freedom to choose - how much free choice do students have with writing?
 * Free blogging vs assignments - Which seems to be the most popular? Why?
 * Classroom work - how does what happens on the blogs relate to what happens in the classroom?
 * Comments - who writes comments on the blogs? What purpose does this serve?
 * Audience - What effect do you think having an audience has on the students? How can students see they have an audience?

Blogging Activities
Finally, explore some example activities / tasks to help give life to blogging projects here: @http://bloxample.blogspot.com/

Make notes (in your blog!) of the ones you think are most useful

//See// Further Information //section for more about blogging//