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**HOW BLOGS CAN BE USED BY TEACHERS OF ENGLISH ** Lead by example. Before requiring students to blog, instructors should lead by example, creating their own blogs. Here are some ideas: Example blogs: Technology in the classroom Internet Resources for ESL Teachers and Students
 * __Step One: Become a Blogger.__ **
 * You can collect useful resources and articles from the Internet on your blog, classify them with the help of labels and use them whenever you need.

Reflections of a teacher and learner Teacher Julian VM
 * You can use a blog as your teacher's reflection journal.
 * Example blogs: **

Blog authors may post a list of blogs they frequently read; this list is known as a ‘[|blogroll]’. Blogs may also be read through special readers, known as ‘RSS readers’, which aggregate blog summaries produced by blog software. Readers use RSS readers to ‘[|subscribe]’ to a blog. Popular web-based RSS readers include [|Google Reader] and [|Bloglines].
 * You can start reading and following other educators' blogs.

Here  you can find a list of __recommened educational blogs to follow__ .


 * You can start commenting on other educators' blogs.

Further reading: 10 reasons to get educators blogging