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Session 4

In session 4, we focused on thinking of ideas to create posts for your tutor and class blogs. Where to find inspiration Your coursebooks are great sources of inspiration for posts. You can create: Pre-tasks: activities where you prepare your students for the lesson. This can be a video you make explaining some grammar, or a video you found that can be useful. Look at this  Example Follow-ups: activities that you assign after you teach a lesson. This can be extension activities that will help them to further understand or practice. Look at this  Example Finally, I shared a file with a bunch of websites where you can find more ideas. Get it here:  Download the handout Let's get blogging!
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Session 3

In session 3, we focused on the kinds of activities you can find in a class blog. Visit the Class Blog created for this course, to see some examples:  Class Blog Let's remember some important information regarding Class blogs. Class blogs. In these blogs you and your students can all publish. In this case, students must have a Gmail account to be able to collaborate in Blogger. It works best with teenagers and adults. Class blogs can become portfolios to display projects or writing activities. In class blogs students can: Write longer texts. Include links and pictures. Follow links. Post videos the upload or take fromYouTube. Comment on each others' posts. Some extra recommendations: Plan a session where you tell your students how the blog will be used, and the general rules. Make sure all your students have a Gmail account.  Always tell students how to label their posts, to make it easier to find information in the blog. If you don't feel c...
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Step by Step to Create a Class Blog

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In a class blog, all your students can be authors. Therefore, they can all publish. To set it up, let's check the control panel on the left. Click on "Configuración" or "Settings".  In here, you will see the only author is you. All your students should be added here. All authors must have a Gmail account. You can make your blog safer if you choose the second option: Private - Only blog authors. Whether you want to keep your blog "public" for anyone to read or private (with a set readers list or only the authors), we recommend you adjust the settings for the comments, to make sure you moderate all comments made. Choose who you want to be able to comment, and select Moderate Always. Your class blog is ready!
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Step by Step to Create a Tutor Blog

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Let's review how to create a Tutor Blog in Blogger. In a tutor blog, the only author will be you. Check the control panel on the left . It looks like this: Click on "Configuración" or "Settings".  In here, you will see the only author is you. If you're collaborating with another teacher, their user should be added here. All authors must have a Gmail account. You can make your blog safer if you add your students (or their parents) Gmail accounts in the "Readers" section. Whether you want to keep your blog "public" for anyone to read or private (with a set readers list), we recommend you adjust the settings for the comments, to make sure you moderate all comments made. Choose who you want to be able to comment, and select Moderate Always. Your Tutor blog is ready to go!
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Step by Step to Create a Blog

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How to create a blog using Blogger? Step 1. You need a Gmail account. If you don't have one, this is the first step to follow. Step 2. Visit Blogger.com and click on Create a blog. Step 3. Choose a name for your blog and the address. Step 4. You're almost done. Decide whether you want a tutor or a class blog to adjust the settings. To learn how to do this, read the posts on Tutor and Class blog settings.
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Session 2

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In session 2 we were talking about the different settings you need in Tutor blogs and Class blogs. Tutor blogs. These blogs are controlled by the teacher. This means the teacher is the only author who can publish.  In this kind of blogs, you mainly share information with your students.  These are some of the things students can do in a Tutor blog: Read texts. Follow links. Watch videos that you upload or YouTube videos. Read instructions to do activities at home. Write comments (only text, or links) The settings for a tutor blog look like this.
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Blogging Glossary

·         Avatar. A graphic picture or thumbnail image used to represent a blogger online. ·         Analytics. The information and data that’s gathered to evaluate the performance of your blog and better understand who your readers are, what they’re doing and how you can better serve them. ·         Blog. A blog is a regularly updated website where new content is frequently published, typically written in an informal or conversational style—often with the goal of attracting readers and achieving some sort of goal, whether community-building or growing a business. ·         Blogger or Blogging - The person who writes for a blog is referred to as a blogger, and the act of writing for the blog is known as blogging. ·         Comments - The opinions of your readers left in response to a blog post. ...
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