EFL Blogging School for Regional Teachers

Integrating
Blogs in
Teaching
English as a
Foreign
Language

Online
Platforms to
Develop
Students Skills

Presenter:
Olga Morozan,
American Councils
Moldova
October 11, 2014
What is A Living Curriculum?
1. What are the approaches of the traditional/classic school about?
2. What is a Living Curriculum?
3. Who is an Authentic Teacher?
4. What are the strategies used in the Living Curriculum?



What are The 21
st
Century Skills?




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6.
The 21
st
Century Skills

In groups
brainstorm the list of learning activities
in order to develop
each of the 21
st
century skills during EFL classes


Communicat
ion
Collaboratio
n
Critical
Thinking &
Problem
Solving
Creativity &
Invention
Global
Awareness
Information
&
Technology
Literacy
Self-
Direction
Word Clouds
Text What You Learned:
Using technology to assess learning
Questions to consider while watching:
1. How does this strategy benefit both the teacher and
the students?
2. If all your students dont have cell phones how could
you adapt this strategy?
3. What does using Word Clouds add to this strategy?

Design a Magazine Cover
on EFL Blogging


Pim Pam Pum
Printing Press

Sample
Teachers blogs
Poetry Workstation
Questions to consider while watching:
1. How do the guiding reflection questions support
students thinking?
2. What skills are students practicing as they create their
podcasts?
3. How did the class blog contribute to collaboration
among students?
Check out the answers of the other educators on teachers blog.
Teaching Channel
Edublogs.org
Exploring Careers Using the Internet
Lesson Plan

What is an ELT Blog Carnival?
Current Registration
The 38th ELT Blog Carnival - Resolutions
January, 2014
The Benefits of Blogging!



EDUCATION-2020

Strategic direction nr.6:
Efficient integration of IT in education.


Specific objective 6.2:
Developing digital competences through
creation and application of digital
educational contents in the educational
process.
A Serious Talk: Kids Demand Next-Generation Learning