Earlier this term Angela & I ran a session with HODs on blogging (the verb) and digital learning portfolios (the objects). We've spent time on what is working, challenges and next steps with blogging in English department meetings. Today I ran a late start with colleagues on building student and teacher confidence in blogging. We got to think specifically about how this could look in Maths and in Social Science classes. Some of our thinking and discussion is captured in pictures below. For me, two themes emerged:
1. The technical how-to aspect. We can keep on supporting teachers with this, and Madeline is always willing to be involved, which is an awesome resource. Bringing Madeline in helps with pedagogy and learning design as well as the technical aspects.
2. The strong links to key competencies. Building respect and trust are key components of building student confidence in blogging, and building teacher confidence that students are ready to blog their learning.
Thanks for sharing this Sandra. It is really helpful to learn from the approaches our colleagues are taking to support blogging and sharing learning in the high school context. I look forward to your updates.
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Kia ora Sandra,
ReplyDeleteI like the way you have incorporated the 'boardies' (a version of selfies) to record parts of the process. The focus for your inquiry is relevant and it is worthwhile to review this. I agree that working with students on their blogs allows for differentiation and it potentially builds relationships between student and teacher. I will be interested to see if building confidence within the student will lead to increased confidence within whanau in responding to blog posts i.e. students being proud of their work and confident in their learning may be more likely to discuss this with whanau.
Thanks for your comment Bev. I'll keep you updated on the whanau involvement aspect.
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