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BRICK BY BRICK, BLOG BY BLOGVanessa Núñez

What can you do with your blog?

• Share files with your students (powerpoints, videos, .doc, .pdf, etc)

• Create a new tool for students with special attention • Improve vocabulary or grammar structures learnt• Share documents with other teachers• Celebrate a competition and publish the winner• Communicate with your students (writings, exams,

assignments, etc); Facebook.• Create a list with your favourite web pages and share it• Create a blog for Homestays • Create a ‘book’• Share photos

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Are you ready?

Why should I create one?• Your students will love it.• You’ll save time in next years.• You’ll have a ready to use tool at any moment.

IT’S EASY AND FAST!

Useful Links and Webpages: GAMES for Primary• Primary FUN ZONE• Trig's website (Grammar Games)• Educat365• Incredible English Kit GAMES 2nd Edition• Literacy Zone• Incredible English Kit GAMES• Learn English Kids• ESL Games• Games to learn English

http://primary.oolz.oupe.es/?ReturnURL=/home/fun-zone



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http://www.edu365.cat/primaria/muds/angles/index.htm

http://elt.oup.com/student/incredibleenglish/;jsessionid=CE43B21E3AF531D9D3EE41095B0E55A7?cc=global&selLanguage=en



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http://elt.oup.com/student/incredibleenglish1/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

http://elt.oup.com/student/incredibleenglish1/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/



http://eslgamesworld.com/

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http://gamestolearnenglish.com/






Useful Links and Webpages: Skills

• Boggles World(Young Learners)• Adele's Corner (Kids)• Grammar Activities (Bluebloc)• Advanced English Page• Grammar Exercises (English 4 u)• Verb Conjugation• Irregular verbs• Reading and listening activities• On-line Dictations• Free exercises (Agenda Web)

http://bogglesworldesl.com/kids_worksheets/index.htm



http://www.adelescorner.org/






https://sites.google.com/site/bluebloc/activities/grammar






http://www.englishpage.com/index.html

http://www.englishpage.com/index.html

http://www.english-4u.de/grammar_exercises.htm




http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugation



http://theirregularverbs.com/

http://theirregularverbs.com/

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/




http://www.listen-and-write.com/

http://www.listen-and-write.com/

http://agendaweb.org/



Useful Links and Webpages: Listenings, movies, podcasts• Free AUDIOBOOKS• Free AUDIOBOOKS II• Listen and watch (Elementary Podcasts)• Movies activities• Ideas worth spreading• The Guardian Podcasts

http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks

http://librivox.org/

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/listen-and-watch

http://learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html

http://ted.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio

http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio

Useful Links and Webpages: Pronunciation• Pronunciation for everyone!• Interactive mouth picture• International Phonetic Alphabet (Advance, Proficiency)

http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/Flash_apps/Pronunciation/index.htm

http://www.cambridge.org/other_files/Flash_apps/Pronunciation/index.htm

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/

http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/ipachart.html

http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/ipa/ipachart.html

Useful Links and Webpages: Reading

• Free E-Books for Primary• Free E-Books for Kids• Tales

http://oxfordowl.co.uk/FindBook



http://www.english-online.org.uk/theread.htm

Useful Links and Webpages: Cambridge Exams• Amazing site to prepare FCE!!• FCE: Use of English and Reading• FCE Listenings: activities to improve!• On-line FCE exams• YLE Flyers• YLE Movers• YLE Starters• GAME for STARTERS

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/fce/students/index.htm

http://www.englishspeaker.com/index%20-%20FCE.html

http://www.britishcouncil.org/professionals-exams-fce-listening-intro.htm



http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/index.php

http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/index.php

http://www.theprimarybox.org/box/YLE_Flyers__Vocabulary_Practice/499

http://www.theprimarybox.org/box/YLE_Flyers__Vocabulary_Practice/499

http://www.theprimarybox.org/box/YLE_Movers__Vocabulary_Practice/487

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http://www.theprimarybox.org/box/YLE_Starters__Vocabulary_Practice/486

http://www.theprimarybox.org/box/YLE_Starters__Vocabulary_Practice/486

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/prepare-and-practise/games-social/monkey-puzzles/



‘MOST LOVED’ LINKS• WarmUpsFollowUps• Movies Segments• An easy and fun method to learn and improve your foreign lan

guages skills through the music videos and lyrics of your favorite songs

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http://lyricstraining.com/



Let’s continue!

IS IT DIFFICULT?

How can I start?

Choose a free online blogging platform, there are many:• 1. WordPress.com• 2. Blog.com• 3. Blogger• 4. TypePad Micro• 5. Jux• 6. Tumblr• 7. Posterous Spaces• 8. Blogetery• 9. Weebly• 10. LiveJournal

http://wordpress.com/

http://blog.com/

http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g

http://www.typepad.com/micro/

http://www.typepad.com/micro/

http://jux.com/

http://tumblr.com/

http://posterous.com/



http://blogetery.com/

http://weebly.com/

http://livejournal.com/

1) Go to blogger.com and sign in

2) Create a new blog

3) Enter your new post (entrada)

4) Interface

Get used to using the new interface, it’s easy!

5) Customize your blog

http://btemplates.com/

Choose the template you prefer and download it

Make it different!

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Widgets for your blog• http://www.widgetbox.com/• http://www.springwidgets.com/

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Tutorials:• SLIDESHARE: Upload documents you can see on your blog

• DROPBOX: Upload documents your students can download

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IMPORTANT: Don’t get

desperate!

Questions?• For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me:

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THANK YOU!!

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