Blogging

St Luke the Evangelist, Blackburn South2012

Connecting our classrooms

Our story so far

• CLRP• SLAV PLN program• Teacher Blogs• Twitter

2010

• Class Blogs• Student Blogs (Kidblog)

2010-2011 • Class blogs • Student Blogging challenge• Challenge – Refine purpose

and get everyone on board

2012

Learning is enhanced when we connect with others within and beyond the classroom

Our CL Focus 2009-10“Learning is enhanced when we connect with others within and beyond the classroom”.

THE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION MODEL

http://www.ideaslab.edu.au/design-lab/ckc/

Reasons to blog

What is your experience with blogging?

What can you see as authentic

and purposeful reasons to blog ?

Reasons to blog

Based on 6 reasons to blog By Jenny Luca http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/08/six-reasons-why-kids-should-know-how-to-blog/

Creating a positive digital footprintEffective digital citizenshipTransparency and accountabilityFeedbackWeb 2.0 tools Writing and Creative opportunities

Creating positive digital footprint

Using social media for constructive educational purpose

Students control an image of themselves as learners

Digital portfolio – for the future as well as a reflective learner

Transparency and connectivity

Archive of learning whilst in action

A window into the classroom for parents and wider school community

Connecting with other learners, experts and stakeholders

Reciprocating

Effective digital citizenship

Class blogs – teachers model appropriate behaviours

Practising Cybersafe behaviour

Authentic context for discussing issues

Affirmation - feedback

Writing for a purpose

Feedback from peers, adults, family as well as teachers.

Flag counters / Visitors maps / Comments

Sharing success / Asking questions

Taking Action that Matters

New ways of thinking about web tools

Sharing knowledge (Voicethread, Slideshare, Glogsters, Prezi)

Requesting help (polls, questions)

Publicity through Twitter

Communicating with digital tools

Widgets

HTML codes

Web 2.0 Tools – Animoto, SlideShare etc

Writing and Creative Process

Text types – opportunities for all

Incentive to stand out from other blogs

Feedback

Audience

Opportunity to model conventions/proof reading

BLOGGING IS A PROCESS – requires practice, reflection and research. (Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano)

PurposeChoose your path – or combination

CommunicateTo students – task driven – homework etc

To parents – extension of newsletterTo expert – sharing knowledge

Showcase and CollaborateWith Parents and stakeholdersWith wider Community

Create and ReflectFor students – Digital / ePortfolio As Professional reflective journal

Class Blogs

Teacher models correct behaviours by using:

• appropriate language

• selected personal information only

• commenting skills (positive and affirming etc)

Parent feedback

Student Blogs

Student practise correct behaviours by using

• writing appropriate content

• proof reading and aiming for spelling and punctuation conventions

• commenting appropriately

• writing within a moderated environment

Blogging leads to ‘Priceless’ opportunities

Issues

What are some of the issues that you could foresee?

Issues

Starting up – who, when and why ?

Consent for work samples/photos etc

Educating the parent community

Finding an audience (Twitter #comments4kids, #classblogs) Quadblogging

Moderating Student Blogs – time element

Maintaining Class Blogs – time, commitment and purpose

References

Blogging in the Classroom http://web.me.com/zowee/Zoes_Blog/Blog/Entries/2011/10/18_Blogging_in_the_Primary_Classroom.html

Our Blog about Blogs http://zoeandmel.wordpress.com/about/

Henrietta Miller http://www.classroomchronicles.net/2012/03/09/ictensw-edmodo-and-student-blogging/

Silvia Rosenthal-Tolisano - We are blogging …. Now WhaT? http://langwitches.org/blog/2011/10/20/we-are-blogging-now-what-stepping-it-up/comment-page-1/#comment-60544

Blogging in the Fourth Dimension 14 Steps to meaningful blogging http://mrspripp.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/14-steps-to-meaningful-student-blogging.html

Technology in the Classroom – Kathleen Morris Five Steps to starting a classroom bloghttp://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au/2012/01/29/five-steps-to-starting-a-class-blog-in-2012/

Links to explore

Student Blogging Challenge Stich.it http://stich.it/siNDA3NA

Class Blogs http://stich.it/siNDA3NQ

Teacher Blogs http://stich.it/siNDA3Ng