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The Blog Carnival: Advice for New ELT bloggers

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ONE taskWhat advice would you

give ELTeachers interestedin becoming bloggers?

ONE

communitywrote these

tips foryou.

27 bloggers

answered

writing over

40 posts,

sending

2 emails

on

23 topics.

31 edubloggers

were polled.

2 bloggers

hosted

guest-pieces

&

4 postings

contain

videos�

What is a blog?

� A weweb-log� An online magazine� A source of news in your niche� A public diary� A place to keep stuff

� Anything you want it to be!

� An online dialogue about teaching or learning English.

� A conversation with yourself, with a private or public

group of students, with a group of colleagues.

� An open discussion with an enormous global

community of like-minded educators.

� A great way to share professional development

What is an ELT blog?

Why I blog

Vicki HollettEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog

Alex CaseEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog

Natasa GojicEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog

Tamas LorinczEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

� Each article is referred to as a post or a posting.

� Each article is categorized using tags.

� Newest posts are always seen first on the page.

� To review previous postings: use the search function, visit the archives or click on the tags at the bottom of each posting.

The basics

Number of Blogs / Time as a blogger

Number of blogs

1

2+

Results based on poll of 32 edu-bloggers (not all ELT)

Time as a blogger

9%

6%

22%

35%

22%

6%less than 3mo.s

3 - 6 months

6 months - 1 year

1 - 2 years

3 - 5 years

over 5 years

On getting started

Larry FerlazzoEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On getting started

Nik PeacheyEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On getting started

Shelly TerrellEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On getting started

Lindsay Clandfield on Burcu Akyol�sEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

� Do not only write aboutyourself - you're simply notthat interesting.

� Write in simple sentencesusing common words.

� Blogging is not academia.

� Don't try to please or impressanyone � stay yourself.

� Write as if you know yourreaders personally.

Writing tips

On blogging with students

Carla ArenaEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On blogging with students

Susana CaneloEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

I�ve been blogging for three years , since January 2006 when I met Webheads.My first blog was a class blog : http://endelvallesi.blogspot.com

I�ve uploaded a lot of different activities, from exercises to songs and games.

My students enjoyed it and saw it was a different way of learning.

Some of the posts take a topic developed in class and encourage more work, some are for critical thinking.

Some of them are like doors to another blogs or wikis with school projects.

Difficulties ? We haven�t got a good computer lab. Most of our students do this kind of homework at the weekends at home or in the nearest cybercafé.

It requires time, the little time we teachers have...but isn�t it funnier than marking tests ??

(received via email)

On blogging with students

Burcu AkyolEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On blogging with students

Illya Arnet-ClarkEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog

Toby CrowleyEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog

Graham StanleyEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On finding inspiration

Alex CaseEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On finding inspiration

Janet BianchiniEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On writing great content

Siobhan CuriousEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On the effect on your career

Gavin DudeneyEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On the effect on your career

Clare WhitmellEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

The internet offers everyone - from the mightiest corporationdown to the smallest lone operator - the same chance of attractingreaders.

If you can use key words effectively, you can come up on the firstpage of a Google search, competing on a level playing field withthe likes of the BBC or the British Council.

That's a great ego boost. But the "internet as democratiser" has other benefits, apart from your pride.

By writing blog posts and commenting on others, you connectwith other professionals.

If you combine blogging with other free tools such as LinkedInand Twitter, you can join the "magic circle" of other bloggers, thought leaders and illuminaries. In short, an "unknown" can haveas much voice and prominence as the industry greats, and has as much chance of getting opinions and ideas heard along withtheirs.

(via email)

On stuff to know: RSS/ google reader

English Language Teachers BloggingBlog Carnival edited by Karenne Sylvester, Kalinago English

Karenne SylvesterEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On stuff to know: widgets

Ana Maria MeneEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On stuff to know: images

Vicky SaumellEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On attributing photographs

� Use creative commons licensed images

� Reference the photographer of the photos you use� (edit html) =

� alt= "description"� title="name of photo, photographer, source"

e.g. alt="carnival" title="drum drama at Kelvingrove by

werewegian flickr.com"

� This will show up on hover and shows you respect the

photographer.

On embedding stuff into your blog

�To embed slideshares & videos look for the

share option, click, copy the code in the box.

�Paste this into the edit html version of your blog

posting.

�Change the width and height when necessary.

On stuff to know: blogrolls

Karenne SylvesterEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On stuff to know: html

Shelly TerrellEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

html (see it's not so scary)

� <b>writes bold</b>� <i>writes italics</i>

� <br>puts a break orspace between lines</br>

� <center>puts somethingyou embed in the middleof your post</center>

To add a link within a comment

(adding to the conversation/ referencing an article etc):

<a href="http://the url that you�re

linking.com/">text you want to appear on

the page here</a>

On stuff to know: SEO

Anne HodgsonEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

http://myblog.com/2009/10/myposting

is always better thanhttp://myblog.com/2009/gen=?-view0p32

WHY?

� If a regular reader tries to get back to a specific page on your blog she can find it again easily.

� Google recognizes the relationships between your url, keywords and the text within your posting.

On stuff to know: urls

On stuff to know: making money

English Language Teachers BloggingBlog Carnival edited by Karenne Sylvester, Kalinago English

Miracel Juanta on Nik Peachey�sEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

IMPORTANT� Most bloggers use a spam moderation filter to avoid these issues.

AS A GENERAL RULE� Typing urls into the comments on someone else's blog is SPAM�.

unless� you are adding to/ contributing to/ continuing on the conversation & are

simply letting the blogger and her audience know where.

Standardized, Paid For, Insincere Crap

On stuff to know: spam

On stuff to know: micro-blogging

Neal ChambersEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On time

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Bloggers' time

Time-writing content responding-2-commentsfixing-broken-links working-on-templateupdating-blogroll commenting-on-other-blogs

On time management

Alex CaseEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On time management

Isabelle JonesEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

� You don´t have to post every day. Set up a rythmn thatsuits you and your lifestyle.

� Enter the dates/times into your diary and keep these as you would any other appointment.

� It´s a good idea to have a regular schedule so yourreaders know what to expect and when.

� It prevents blogger's block.

On editorial calendars

Why I blog

Jeremy DayEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog

Lindsay ClandfieldEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Unless you are a NAME in the world of ELT with many, many contacts (in fact, you're new to blogging) then

Always give before you ask to receive

Who to give to?

� Any other blogger especially ones with a larger audience / years online

What to give?

� Something that matches the blogger�s main subjects.� Ask the blogger what they�re currently looking for.� Your very best.

Who to receive from?

� Anyone in the TEFL/TESOL industry, preferably people you know/who knowyou (even if only virtually)!

� Other bloggers, offer to exchange wherever possible.� Your most frequent commenters.

On guesting

On audience

Alex CaseEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

Why I blog / On audience

Dave RoyalEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On audience

Number of Visitors

0 2 4 6 8

1-10 v-pcm

101-500 v-pcm

1001-3000 v-pcm

10,000+ v-pcm

Reihe1

Results based on poll of 32 edu-bloggers (not all ELT)

On tracking your audience

Nik PeacheyEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On finding your audience / marketing = web 2.0

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marketing

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Results based on poll of 32 edu-bloggers (not all ELT)

�To become a great author, read the best books.

� To become a great footballplayer, watch how the best play.

� To become a great blogger, read the problogs:

Darren Rowse/Problogger Seth Godin�s blog Chris Brogan�s blog Liz Strauss /Successful Blog Sue Waters/ The Edublogger

On getting good, maybe even great�

Why I blog

Anne HodgsonEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

� If you don�t have time to manage a blog byyourself consider

� writing articles for the bloggers� becoming a serial guest-poster� participating in a group blog

On blogging with others

On what community means

Joao Carlos SalvesEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On community

Nik PeacheyEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On community

Karenne SylvesterEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On commenting

Özge KaraoðluEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

On commenting

Kim CofinoEnglish Language Teachers Now BloggingAdvice for bloggin� newbies, The Blog Carnival

July 2009 hosted by Karenne @ Kalinago English

� Congratulate the blogger�s ideas, expand theconversation, ask questions, disagree or ask for moreinformation.

� Always enter the captcha/ spam filter password.

� If you don�t have a blog, use your LinkedIn profile.

� If you have a blog, enter the url and your name/id in the field provided.

� You can comment anonymously if you wish.

On how to comment

"Blogosphere is a collective

term encompassing all blogs

and their interconnections.

It is the perception that blogs exist together

as a connected community (or as a

collection of connected communities),

as a social network."

Wikipedia (via Burcu Akyol)

Join the global conversation�

English Language Teachers & Bloggers

� If a blogger writes about something you were about to post about:

� Link to their post, state that you´re continuing on fromwhat you read there or presenting an alternate view.

� Save your draft and publish it in a month or two.

� Delete the post and come up with something new.

� Continue conversations, don´t hijack ideas.

� If you see a blogger doing something don't jump on his/her bandwagon & pretend the idea was yours.

� Never ever copy and paste another blogger´s full post withoutFULL permission to do so.

Last thoughts: On respect

Thank you ;-)

The carnivalbloggers

The carnivalphotographers

Flickr.com� David Berkowitz� Wereweigan� Alaskan Dude� Dominic� Snappybex� Sfmission� Oimax

Special extra thanks� Darren Rowse for the 31 day challenge� Chris Brogan for 40 ways to deliver killer content� Seth Godin for Tribes & Triiibes

To read each posting within this slideshare, please visit the links on English Language Teachers Now Blogging hosted byKalinago English http://kalinago.blogspot.com, by Karenne Sylvester. This slideshare is registered cc-sa-nd-nc which means that you are allowed to download it for your own personal training; youcan embed it within one of your own postings on this theme and you may use it as a handout when training other teachers. However you may not change it, copy the concept, nor may you print publish nor sell it, neither in whole nor in part.

Alex Case Kim Cofino

Ana Maria Meine Larry Ferlazzo

Anne Hodgson Lindsay Clandfield

Burcu Akyol Miracel Juanta

Carla Arena Natasa Grojic

Clare Whitmell Neal Chambers

Dave Royal Nik Peachey

Gavin Dudeney Özge Karoðlu

Graham Stanley Shelly Terrell

Illya Arnet Clarke Susana Canelo

Janet Bianchini Tamas Lorincz

Jeremy Day Toby Crowley

Joao Carlos Alves Vicki Hollet