EFL Blogging School

for Moldovan Regional

Teachers, Edition II
Course description
The project equipped 25
Moldovan regional teachers
with the necessary skills to
use online tools such as blogs
to enhance their English
language
teaching
experience.
Participants learnt how to
engage students in online
projects and raise up their
interest in studying English
using online tools.
By the end of the project,
participants
experimented

with creating a class or school

blog, inviting members, posting
and editing entries and
commenting on other blogs.
In addition to that, all teachers
looked
into
comment
management,
template
personalization and learnt how
to enhance their class or school
blog using other online tools,
such as Voki, Animoto, Pow
Toon, Google Polls, free online
dictionaries, DVolver, Listy and
many more.

25 EFL teachers became active EFL bloggers

and learnt how to involve their class in
meaningful blogging in just 5 months !

Course objectives
Special points
of interest:

Description
Objectives
Tasks
Team
Partners

By the end of the project, participants :

created a class or school blog
posted and edited entries
commented on other blogs
tried team blogging (inviting members)
explored options for comment management
investigated possibilities for template personalization
compared different blog hosts
grasped the concept of syndication (RSS)
compared aggregators and other syndication tools
discussed the potential of blogging as a teaching tool in the
English lesson and as a tool for professional development

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Month 1: EFL blogging basics

During the first month of the course, participants:
exchanged introductions and become familiar with the group
environments
tried tools for synchronous communication to be used
during the project
answered a survey to determine their previous experience
with blogging
added themselves to the group map
visited the group blog: http://
eflbloggingschoolmoldova2.blogspot.md/
discussed the concept of blog (and distinguish it from
"website" and "wiki"
analyzed various EFL blogs and the ways these are used to
enhance EFL teaching and learning

Exploring the pedagogical uses of a

blog
By the end of October, participants:
edited their class or school blog profile
posted, edit and format their first entries
learnt how to add images, links and widgets to
blog entries
explored options for comment moderation and
established blog settings according to your
preferences
experimented with various blog tools and widgets
used for language teaching and learning
explored the pedagogical uses of a blog

Month 2: Video production for EFL

blogging and involving students

Video Production Tools

Movie maker, Voicethread, Voki

Writing Production Tools

Dvolver, Tagxedo, Fodey

Graphic Production
Glogster, Pininterest

Easy solutions for busy teachers

ReadWriteThink

Dont focus on
having a great blog.
Focus on producing
a blog thats great for
your readers.

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Month 3: Creating an EFL class/school

blog and involving students

Dictionaries
MWvisual, thefreedictionary, visuwords

Polls
Monkey Survey, Google Polls

Video Teaching Tools

UTube, Teacher Tube, Jenny ESL

Speaking Production Tools

Month 4: Enhancing the blog as a

teaching tool
Blogging: Off we go!

E-Portfolio

Projects

Integrating on-line Tools in lesson

plans

Evaluating using blogs (rubrics)

Month 4 was dedicated to:

turning the blog into a teaching tool
enhancing the blog with tools for EFL teaching and
learning
integrating the blog into daily teaching practice
adjusting the blog to school curricula
combining classroom teaching with online teaching
actively involving students in posting on the blog
(complete tasks, post comments, submit
homework etc.)

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Preparing your blog for the final event

In January the blogs:
were prepared to be presented in public at the project
final event,
reflected everything they learned during the project,
included the teaching portfolio, students sample
work, lesson plans, teaching advice, bibliography for
students etc.

Month 5:
Presenting your Blog and sharing from
your experience
In February each participant :
presented his/her blog during the project closing event
in Chisinau,
was in charge of organizing a 45-60 min workshop to
share from his / her experience on the project,
organized a training for 15-50 teachers and educators
in his/her home region.

Project Participants

Veronica Sirbu,
Falesti

Tatiana Sclifos,
Criuleni

Vera Botnaru,
Straseni

Aliona Zlatov,
Basarabeasca

Eugenia Man,
Criuleni

Diana Jelihovschi,
Causeni

Luminita Tiuliuliuc,
Edinet

Veronica Colenic,
Edinet

Angela Gabureac,
Budesti

Nadejda Crusnevschi,
Soroca

Svetlana Roibu,
Criuleni

Maria Terzi,
Taraclia

Mariana Ursu,

Galina Madam,
Orhei

Lilia Ipati,
Criuleni

Olesea Chihai,
Floresti

Project Participants

Rodica Mafteuta,
Criuleni

Airelia Plamadeala,
Anenii Noi

Stela Tagadiuc,
Soroca

Xenia Iordache,
Stefan Voda

Maria Ionesi,
Donduseni

Eudochia Jalba,
Cantemir

Angela Talambuta,
Riscani

Natalia Adam,
Nisporeni

Dina Vrajitor,
Telenesti

Participants blogs
http://dariajelihovschii.weebly.com/

http://mariaterziclassblog.weebly.com/

http://educationforpupils.weebly.com/

http://englishandwe.weebly.com/

http://englishforbascalia.weebly.com/

http://marianaursu-popescu.weebly.com/

http://themodernscholar.weebly.com/

http://follownadia.weebly.com/

http://angelagabureac.weebly.com/

http://galinamadam.weebly.com/

http://mariaionesi.weebly.com/

http://englishclassipati.weebly.com/

http://veronicacolesniuc.weebly.com/

http://nisteacher.weebly.com/

http://class-blog11.weebly.com/

http://myblogclass.weebly.com/

http://veronyca10.weebly.com/

http://stelatagadiuc.weebly.com/

http://englishtosucceed.weebly.com/

http://mrsangelasstudents.weebly.com/

http://englishteachersblogforpupils.weebly.com/

http://englishteachersblogforpupils.weebly.com/

http://englifemoldova.weebly.com/

http://englifemoldova.weebly.com/
http://duseablog.weebly.com/

Online Mentors

Lisa Gill

Christiana Holsapple

Matt Salerno

Amanda Popp

Dean Vallejo

Dominique Doss

Beni Combs

Aaron Ratz

April Salerno

Steven Mantani

Trainers

Olga Morozan

Svetlana Lungu

Corina Ceban

Emma

Dr Daniela
Munca-Aftenev

Matreniuc

PROJECT PARTNERS

This project was funded by a grant from the United States Department of State. The opinions, findings and conclusions stated herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the United States Department of State.