Blogger vs moodle

I usually work with moodle and I think they are quite different.
We have been working through/with moodle during the course, but a blog allows more personalisation of contents and layout, so it comes out as more appealing perhaps.
This is particularly the case with teenagers and young learners in general, but I think that an online learning experience has to enhance to the maximum the possibilities offered by a multimedia platform, including gadgets.

My new born blogs

Hi everybody, I created two blogs and I'm very proud of me!

I conceived the first for my colleagues of non linguistic disciplines who were my students last spring. So I wanted to support their learning activities during the summer.

For the other I had in mind my students (aged 14-19) who study literature but are never so willing to read. So as a sort of class library where to share ideas, comments, reviews and suggestions.

Both blogs are open to anyone... and a colleague of mine has already logged in as a follower. That was quite exciting!
Please enter and have a look, comments from you are really welcome.

http://www.claudiasclassroom.blogspot.com/
http://www.class-library.blogspot.com/

My favourite blog

This is one of the sites I visit most frequently: http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
Russel Stannard has often come to Italy for lectures and I have always loved to hear him speaking. His blog is really helpful.

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Task 1.3. blog evaluation

The blog "an EFL notebook" (http://eltnotebook.blogspot.com) by Sue Swift is dedicated to ELT as the title itself clearly states. The addressee too are clearly defined for the same reason, it has a simple and professional layout, even too plain, but it is not very easy to read because there are too many posts and they are kept in their original length.
It is not easy to say if the postings are regular because I couldn’t find any exact dates, there is only a general reference to “recent postings” classified by year back to 2005.
There are only a few links to other sites, none to other blogs. People cannot leave any comments because the author apologizes for having taken the box off (she received too much spam).
The postings match the purpose of the blog, even if they deal with many different aspects of ELT and it’s not easy to read.
In my own blog I would leave room for comments because I think that sharing and feedback are the two most positive aspects of this activity. I would design it by keeping posts short and not leave them expanded.

And if my mum can do it...

For those of you who read about the person I most admire, have a look at my mum's blog Dr Abby Waterman MD.