Growing Posts
Another journey into 21st Century Learning

If you have Scribe Posts a student usually blogs once
every 30 classes.

As a subject area teacher I wanted them to post
more often.

Enter the Growing Post

Good for multi-subject teacher
Original image: 'Focus'
www.flickr.com/photos/26406919@N00/793748095
by: Nic McPhee

Why Growing Posts?
All work is in 1 Blog Post instead of many posts.

Blog provides a canvas for the learners to create.

Teach
Class Subject Content

While teaching how to integrate 2.0 technologies.

Connection between students

Creating an audience

These are Growing Posts

Using a Growing post like a Math Notebook

Growing Post Instructions

Using images to convey meaning

This post was created 2 years ago.

Building Connections

Fraction Growing Posts

Students leaving comments on other Growing Posts

Second Generation Growing Posts
Percent Growing Post 2006

Time Period
You can assign a question a day.

You can assign the entire Growing Post as one assignment.

Students prefer to do the work at home.
Their computers are often better than those at
school.

Types of Applications one could use/teach in
Growing Posts

How to embed videos

How to add sound

How to use bubbleshare

How to use voicethread

or anything at
studentblogwikitools.wikispaces.com

Alan Levine’s 50 tools to tell a story.

Assessment

Student self-evaluation
http://flickr.com/photos/njhdiver/445254121/

Peer Evaluation

Teacher Evaluation

Sample Marking Rubric

More information on Growing posts can be found
At Release the Hounds