Blogging, Tweeting, Sharing Getting started with sharing learning online

1. Blogging, Tweeting, Sharing Getting started with sharing learning online

2. Outcomes for the session • Why should I share learning using online tools? • How can I share learning using online tools? • Increased knowledge of tools for sharing learning • Increased confidence to use tools with children safely and responsibly

3. Agenda 1.30pm: Start Developing opportunities for children – the ICT Progressions 1.45pm: Collaborating using Primary Wall 2.00pm: Why blog? Looking at inspiring blogs 2.30pm: Break 2.45pm: Hands-on time blogging with Kidblog, Primary Blogger, Wordpress, SLP or j2e 3.45pm: Sharing with parents using Twitter • Building a personal learning network with Twitter 4.00pm: Being safe, next steps, evaluation, finish

4. Creator Collaborator Learner as … Investigator Consumer Problem Solver

5. Developing opportunities • Finding things out • Handling data • Research e-sense • Exchanging and sharing information • Presentation • Collaboration Planning, developing and evaluating • Developing ideas and making things happen • Control and monitoring • Modelling and simulation

6. Developing opportunities

7. Primary Wall – www.primarywall.com • Instant tool for collaboration • Stimulus for an activity or way to demonstrate what you know http://primarywall.com/sFTiLm8Vhy

8. Primary Wall – www.primarywall.com • Tell me something you have learnt in this lesson. • Phonics-Write down a word with the /ai/ sound in – and sort them into groups • Write down the opening sentence to your story • Write as many adjectives as you can • List different ways to make 20 • Write down different animals and then sort into groups. • Write down one living and one non-living thing and then once everybody has done that you can sort into groups of living/non-living things.

9. Primary Wall – e-safety considerations • Wall is private unless web address is shared • Will delete after 30 days or before by phoning Primary Wall • “respect the rights of other users”

10. Blogging with children Promoting positive talk ‘Listen’ Be receptive to other viewpoints Think about what others ‘say’ Give others time to respond – an online discussion isn’t instant Purposeful – why? Collective – learning together Reciprocal – read, share, consider Supportive – no wrong answers, reach common understanding Cummulative - build on own and each other’s ideas Alexander R 2004 Towards dialogic teaching: rethinking classroom talk

11. Blogging with children Heathfield Primary School, Bolton – deputy head David Mitchell

12. Blogging with children http://bit.ly/somersetblogging

13. Blogging with children Primary Blogger North Petherton Primary School http://npclassms.primaryblogger.co.uk/ Kidblog http://kidblog.org/MrsFieldsClass-2/

14. Blogging with children J2e blogging http://thps.j2webby.com/ SLP blogging https://slp3.somerset.gov.uk/schools/highham

15. Hands-on blogging

16. Blogging – e-safety considerations http://bradfordmoor.primaryblogger.co.uk/

17. Blogging projects http://quadblogging.net// http://100wc.net www.blogdipping.org.uk

18. Twitter with parents – www.twitter.com

19. Twitter with parents – www.twitter.com • Teacher is in control • Parents are communicated with • Learning is shared Issues: • Unfiltering • Managing privacy

20. Professional use of Twitter • Build a professional network • Share with ‘digital colleagues’ • Follow discussions • Increase your professional knowledge

21. Next steps • What will you do? • How will you do it? • What challenges might you face? • How will you overcome them? • All resources on the Primary Blog • Complete evaluation