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Today, I found interesting blogs written by Richard Byrne. He previously worked as a consultant for teachers to help integrate technology into their teaching methodologies. After his tenure as a consultant, he wanted to put the skills and technologies that he has picked up over the years into a blog so as to help other teachers enrich and improve the teaching experience for children. These tools are curated items that he's found to be extremely practical for teachers so that they can streamline the processes that they usually do to mere minutes. His aim is to spread the knowledge far and wide and improve teaching for everyone.
This blog is about the free technology tools which are suitable for classes to make use of the classroom time efficiently and wisely. There are a variety of links which are blue-highlighted, photos and videos, which makes the readers easier to get more information visually, and can give incentive them to get the technological tools.
Ease of use and Navigation
The URLs which are blue-highlighted will help you to navigate to another links.
Target Audience
This blog is mainly for teachers. There are no comments.
Summary
Too much information can sometimes confuse readers, but URLs will make the blog much simpler and only those who want to know about the information in detail can go further. Colourful photos and headlines are also appealing to readers and make it more interesting and stimulating to read the blogs. I could not find any comments on his blogs. It seems that there are those who try to pretend to put comments on other blogs and put their advertisements instead, so that some bloggers do not have 'comments area' to avoid this. But, I think it can be exciting and stimulating to listen to your readers and if possible, have a little chat with them. In addition, because anyone all around the world can see your blogs once they are published online and exposed to them, authenticity is quite essential. Adding 'comments area' and corrections from others might help you to make your blogs even more accurate and precise so that I would add the commenting area in my blog.
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Hi Yuki, I like your blog. The red subtitles are a nice touch. The only thing I would suggest is may be the intro text could be the same size and colour as the text under your sub-headings? But a great start :)
Hi Yukiko - you've made a great start with this really good review of Richard Byrne's blog. I like the way you start with questions to draw the reader in. It was also great that you had done a little background research to tell us more about how Richard Byrne got started on blogging - that kind of detail is always interesting and useful to readers. The main body with the coloured subheadings looks very smart so perhaps I would use that theme throughout the whole post. I agree with your point about comments - they can be a really important part of a blog (see the comments on Scott Thornbury's A - Z of ELT blog) but unfortunately a lot of 'bots' just fill them up with spam and so I fully understand it when a blogger turns them off. Hopefully though on your blog, you will get a lot of interaction! Well done for doing your first post!
Thank you Tilly for your comment! Now I'm thinking about creating my private blog to tell my life in the UK to my students!! Blogging is really exciting!
I love your blog and your background is really simple and artistic.
The post is well-designed. What I love more is the summary part and the video you added to help your reader with creating a successful blog. Best of luck!
WebQuest is the Smartest Way for EFL Hi!! Welcome to my blog!! Do you use Internet in your English language teaching? The Internet is a huge educational resource and an effective tool for both learners and teachers. But, it is not always easy for teachers to use Internet as a teaching tool because the amount of information is so vast and the quality of the information is not consistent, making it difficult to provide learning materials in a way that is accessible to learners...Do you agree? But today I'm going to introduce you to a innovative online teaching material called WebQuest!! WebQuest is a teaching resource that allows for students to engage in problem-solved leaning tasks through a variety of activities, using information resources carefully selected by the teacher. So, it is a tool for 'scaffolding' that is of high value to both of us!! I would recommend you to use this tool for primary school students and secondary school students. image by Sta...
Wordwall will Make You a Wonderfull Teacher!! Welcome to my blog!! Are you seeking for a exciting tool to make you a creative and challenging teacher? Then, you're in the right place!! Today, I'm going to introduce a useful tool to you!! " Wordwall" is an online educational tool used to design practical content for students and this tool would make it easy for you to create your own teaching resources!! It would be fun to have the freedom to create various activities and games to use in your English classes!! image by DeltaWorks from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/images/id-6900381 Here is the link: https://wordwall.net/ There are many different activities to choose from, and you can create your own from a selection of templates. How to make a game 1. Click on the "Create Activity" button 2. Choose the type of game you want 3. Add words and images 4. Once you have created the game, press Done and play it from the Play icon. This ...
Hi Yuki, I like your blog. The red subtitles are a nice touch. The only thing I would suggest is may be the intro text could be the same size and colour as the text under your sub-headings? But a great start :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Niko for your comment! I liked your advice.
DeleteHi Yukiko - you've made a great start with this really good review of Richard Byrne's blog. I like the way you start with questions to draw the reader in. It was also great that you had done a little background research to tell us more about how Richard Byrne got started on blogging - that kind of detail is always interesting and useful to readers. The main body with the coloured subheadings looks very smart so perhaps I would use that theme throughout the whole post. I agree with your point about comments - they can be a really important part of a blog (see the comments on Scott Thornbury's A - Z of ELT blog) but unfortunately a lot of 'bots' just fill them up with spam and so I fully understand it when a blogger turns them off. Hopefully though on your blog, you will get a lot of interaction! Well done for doing your first post!
ReplyDeleteThank you Tilly for your comment! Now I'm thinking about creating my private blog to tell my life in the UK to my students!! Blogging is really exciting!
DeleteHi Yukiko,
ReplyDeleteI like the summary which shows a deep understanding of your thoughts on this blog!♪(^∇^*)
Thank you Leo!! You're nice!
DeleteHi Yukiko,
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and your background is really simple and artistic.
The post is well-designed. What I love more is the summary part and the video you added to help your reader with creating a successful blog. Best of luck!