Blog presentation handout

BLOGGING: EFL WRITING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

BY CRAIG WHERLOCK Ma(TEFL) ASTON

http://teacherdudebbq.blogspot.com

Blogging offers a simple, cheap way to allow our students to share their work and interests with people from all over the world. With little or no technical expertise we can set up our own web page ina matter of minutes. It provides us with a great way to get students to write and communicate with others, both inside and outside Greece (see here for the rest).

BLOG PROVIDERS

www.blogger.com

www.myspace.com

www.edublogs.org

www.yahoo360.com

STUDENT BLOGS

http://antonisbinias.blogspot.com/

http://retzikigirlstrikesback.blogspot.com/

http://profintensive.blogspot.com/

http://proficiency1e.blogspot.com/

http://proficiency1c.blogspot.com/

TEACHER BLOGS

http://teacherdudebbq.blogpot.com/

http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com//

http://360.yahoo.com/profile-pbUe9lUla6dzKEbEX89HHPox2_HWDF8-?cq=1/

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs//

http://teacherindevelopment.blogsome.com//

http://danielsblogfolio.edublogs.org//

http://fceblog.blogspot.com/

http://autonolearner.blogspot.com//

OTHER LINKS MENTIONED

www.youtube.com

www.odeo.com

www.flickr.com

http://earth.google.com/

http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/geovisitors/

www.sitemeter.com

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/podcasts/

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/creativeteaching/index.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kBE4vkmVxk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29

Preparing a presentation on blogging

Next weekend I'm doing a workshop on blogging and EFL Writing at the Tesol Macedonia-Thrace conference, which means that I have to create a presentation of some kind. I don't have Powerpoint and so I'm learning how to use Keynote on my ibook. It's the little stuff that seems to be the hardest to figure out; like how to I make the text smaller? Why doesn't the picture seem to fit the space provided. Anyhow, I have worked my way through most of these technical hitches and the presentation seems OK.


It's been a long time since I've done something like this and a mite nervous to tell you the truth. Of course, since I'm going to be using a laptop, projector and live internet access via wifi, you know that something is bound to go wrong. LOL. I'll be left standing in front of a blank screen saying,

"Well, if you could see this very interesting web site then I'm sure you'd agree it has lots to offer educators, but as there is nothing to see let's get a drink and forget about the whole thing."