Demonstrates the use of MyPortfolio for teaching and learning. * Teacher sets up resource material, activities, templates, exemplars, achievement criteria and links to appropriate sites. * Students discuss the pre-reading material on the forums * Students discuss characters and themes etc. on the forums * Students put up individual research on singular aspects of the texts on forums * Students share their essays with the teacher and others in the class for feedback * Students record feedback and fill in feed forward in their learning journals * Class brainstorms are digitally recorded and placed on group page for future reference * Students refer back to all of the above when revising for examinations

1. Online Learning Environment creating a space for collaborative learning and building e-portfolios MyPortfolio

2. Using MyPortfolio individual research & collaborative discussions pre-reading material discuss characters and themes Templates Activities Resource material

3. Collaborative Discussions To increase the chances of the discussions being pertinent and exploratory the forum needs to be highly focused – so here particular aspects of characterisation are given and separate topics for each of the characters.

4. An example of a forum discussion Here we see students being challenged and then having to give a defence for what they have said – all key skills for ‘thinking’ and learning and key skills needed for the student to be able to conduct a critical analysis needed at Level 3.

5. Challenging Response:

6. Replying to the challenge

7. Tracking Feedback/Learning Journal Structural elements for a good essay