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According to First Site Guide team (2018) blogs are on-line journal or websites where people can find information about any topic of interest. Also, they can be created by any person who wanted to share something.

Blogs can be useful for teachers in several ways in a classroom. They can share any information for their students and or ask them to share their learning experiences.




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According to Pappas (2013) blogs gives students to participate in a informal way, without intimidating to someone. So, blogs are tools to assess students' writing skills and let them to use their creativity. Also they could upload videos which can show their speaking skill.


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According to Jones (2019) Blogs could be given to students to look for information and have a feedback about the topic that was taugh in class. Beacause time at class is not enough to internalize some importatnt content, teachers must ask students to reinforce it at home. 

Useful blogs in education
Blogs for students
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There are some blogs that can be used in education. There are adapted in any educational framework. So, according to Education First (2019) English teachers could suggest students to look for specific blogs that will be useful to improve their knowledge such as:
1. The Londoner: 

The creator of this blog is a woman who share her adventures in London. Students could develop their four skills while they learn about british's culture.

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2. Deliciously Ella: 

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The author explains how make food with crazy ideas. Students cuold learn to cook while they develop their English language. 

3. BBC Learning English: 
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Have we see any documentary created by BBC? This Brithish company have though about people who are interested in learning English, so they have developed some activities and programs for begginers and advanced people. 

Therefore, there are some blogs that teachers should follow to know about new tendencies in education. According to Corrado (2018) some blogs teacher could use are:

Blogs for teachers:


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1) Inside Higher 

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This is a great source of content for anyone in higher education, including those looking for jobs. They have sections including Admissions, Books, Technology, Career Advice, and Diversity. 
2) The Learning 

This blog is under the New York Times umbrella. Their main audiences are teachers, students, and parents that want to use the NYTs content as inspiration for teaching materials. 
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3) Edutopia

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Edutopia is part of The George Lucas Educational Foundation. The blog's focus is on k-12 educators and students. It's two main purposes are to produce content that improves learning and engages students and to "collaborate with researchers, teachers, and curriculum experts" to advance the field of project-based learning.

There is a video example, so it shows that audios and videos can be uploaded in our own blogs.

Ways to show teachers how useful are blogs for improve students performance

References:

Corrado (2018).Retrieved from:  https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/education-blogs-you-should-follow-teach-com-list

Education First (2019). Retrieved from: https://www.ef.com/wwen/blog/language/10-blogs-learn-english/ 

First Site Guide team (2018). Retrieved from: https://firstsiteguide.com/what-is-blog/

Jones (2019).  Retrieved from: https://themeisle.com/blog/what-is-a-blog/


Pappas (2013). Retrieved from:  https://elearningindustry.com/how-to-use-blogs-in-the-classroom

Links from the web pages:

Students' blogs:
The Londer: https://www.thelondoner.me/
Deliciously Ella: https://deliciouslyella.com/
BBC Learning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/
Teachers's blogs:
Inside Higher:https://www.insidehighered.com/news?page=1
The learning network: https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning?module=BlogMain&action=Click&region=Header&pgtype=Blogs&version=Blog%20Category&contentCollection=U.S.
Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/