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Blogging . @. Why should our classes blog at Holy Family?. Holy Family. The Blockbuster Tour. Reflect. What technology has changed in the last ten years?. ICON. It is an expectation that the spaces in Ultranet will be used to create collaborative learning spaces.

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Blogging

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  1. Blogging @ Why should our classes blog at Holy Family? Holy Family

  2. The Blockbuster Tour

  3. Reflect What technology has changed in the last ten years?

  4. ICON • It is an expectation that the spaces in Ultranet will be used to create collaborative learning spaces. • Global 2 (edublogs) Blogging is a tool that can simply drop straight into a collaborative learning space on Ultranet. • The CEO are telling us to prepare staff for ICON by setting up blogs. • Digital portfolios will be an expectation.

  5. Sharing Successes Collaboration Cybersafety ICT Skills Making Learning Visual Engagement Why should we blog? Developing Inquiry Audience and Purpose Feedback Literacy Skills

  6. Cybersafety • Building a positive digital footprint • Modelling appropriate online behaviours • Effective digital citizenship

  7. ICT Skills • Students and teachers learn ICT skills through creating blog posts • They use ICT tools involving images, videos, audio, presenting information, etc • A lot of the ICT curriculum standards are covered through blogging

  8. Sharing Successes • When students succeed at something they can share it with a wider audience • Parents, peers, school community, global community

  9. Collaboration • Students can collaborate with other students or classes on projects • Parents can be involved in their child’s learning • The global community can become part of the learning process • Classes can be part of world wide projects • (eg. World Read Aloud Day/Feb 29th)

  10. Engagement • Students are engaged as they have a clear purpose for their work and are sharing it with an audience • Students are often engaged when working with ICT tools • Students are creating • Students receive feedback on their posts

  11. Literacy Skills • Leaving comments teaches students to think carefully about what they write and revise • Students read their own blog as well as others • Writing for a purpose motivates students to write better • Publishing audio and video increases oral language skills • Blogs give you authentic reasons to model many literacy skills

  12. Feedback • Peers • Parents • Teachers • Classes from around Australia/world • Experts

  13. Audience and Purpose • Everything is produced for a purpose with an audience in mind • Having a clear purpose increases motivation and engagement • Writing now has an audience. Work is not left in books it is published for the world to see!

  14. Developing Inquiry • Connecting with experts • Taking action that matters • Researching • Sharing understandings • Can be used as an inquiry wall

  15. Making Learning Visible • A window into the classroom • Parents can access the blog at anytime day or night and see what is happening in class • Use past posts to draw conclusions and reflect on learning • Use the blog as assessment of learning • An archive of learning

  16. Resources • Kathleen Morris: Integrating Technology in the Classroom http://primarytech.global2.vic.edu.au • Celia Coffa: Presentation at St Luke’s Blackburn South • Jenny Luca: http://mindshift.kged.org/2011/08/six-reasons-why-kids-should-know-how-to-blog/

  17. STAGES OF BLOGGING

  18. Stage One Comment on Blogs Read Blogs

  19. Stage Two Contribute to the Holy Family practice blog Build skills in a safe and supported environment Support each other as we learn

  20. Stage Three Start your own class blog Class blog - teacher controlled/ student centred Class blog - students take more control

  21. Grade 4 Girl’s First Ski Jump

  22. Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.Chinese Proverb

  23. What to do next? • Explore and comment on some of the blogs in the email • Collect four ideas that can be used for practise blog posts next PLT • These could include – photos, samples of students work (we can take the photos in the PLT), videos, topics

  24. Something to think about… • How are you making learning visible? • How are you contributing to the learning of others outside your own classroom?

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