Question Four

There are some fun things that you can do with your blogs to make them interesting and fun. By adding widgets, you can spice up the content and appearance of your blog. There are several places that you can find widgets for your blog including;

Yahoo widgets
Google Gadgets
Widgetbox

You can put a widget in your post or in one of the side panels. Here is an example of a widget




My question this week is: How do you feel about your knowledge of technology? Do you think that more skills would help you be a better teacher or not?




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Third Question

Blogs can be useful sources of information for teachers. They can can be read or listened to, in the case of podcast blogs and they can provide new information on education, classroom management, technology for teaching or subject content. Read How to Get How to Get Something out of Blogs from HuffEnglish.com if you would like more ideas about that. Here are a few blogs that might interest you while you study here at KNUE.

An EFL Notebook
English Studio Online
ESL Geek
Grammar Guy
ESL Podcast

My question this week is; Which is more difficult about blogging, writing the questions or writing the comments? Why?


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Week Two

Hello everyone,

You're doing a great job on your blogs. I've really had a great time 'surfing' the different pages and seeing all your photos, posts and comments. Thank you for taking time to answer my blog question also.

One of the great aspects of blogging is that anyone can use them for almost any purpose. Current research says that there the blogosphereare has over 70 million bloggers and it's growing every day. Common uses of blogs include, journals, news, columns, editorials, collaborative writing projects, and publishing research.

Here are a few examples of blogs that you might enjoy.


Tips for New Bloggers  (this is a blog to give advice for new bloggers)
Daily Dose of Imagery
(This blog shows a different photo taken by the blogger every day)
CBC Radio3 (this Radio blog
plays music and updates you on local Canadian news)
My Dinner Table (a
cooking blog)
Post Secret (this is
an blog where people mail in their secrets or thoughts in the form of a picture postcard)
Our Green Year (A
personal blog from a family trying to be environmentally friendly)
The Life and
Times of Jori (A personal blog by a mother raising two
developmentally challenged sons)




My question this week is; Was it difficult for you to make your blog? Describe what made it difficult for you.


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First Post and First Question

Hello Classes 1, 3 and 5,

If you would like to watch some helpful videos on blogging, click here.


I will ask one question every week just like all your classmates. You may answer my question or your classmate's questions but try to answer at least three every week.

My question this week is;

Where are you from? I'm from the suburbs of Vancouver, Canada. My parents, sister, brother-in-law and nieces still live there and I try to visit them once a year.


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