Bring the World in – Blogging with Your Students

RECORDING: http://lancelot.emea.acrobat.com/p58351004/ (51min)

Saturday, 9 October 2010 - 5pm GMT, Greta Sandler

Blogging with our students can be an amazing tool for language teaching. It will make us experience the wonders of expanding our classroom walls. Connecting with the world will make our students feel motivated and eager to learn. When you blog you write for an audience. Imagine how amazing this can be for our students. Not only will they improve their writing and reading skills, but blogging also leads to lots of meaningful teaching opportunities. Let’s explore the benefits of jumping into the blogosphere together with our students.

Bio

Greta Sandler is an ESL teacher. She teaches 5th grade at a K-12 school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is passionate about teaching and technology. She loves to create meaningful learning opportunities for her students by combining her two passions. You can check out her blog About a Teacher and you can also find her on Twitter.