Presentation for BLC 2011 by Maria Knee

1. Learning to Blog Blogging to Learn Maria Knee Classroom Blog mariaknee.com Twitter - mariak thekinderkids for BLC 2011

2. Once upon a time...

3. We begin...

4. and almost 3 weeks later...

5. We shared classroom events.

6. Someone notices.

7. A connection is made.

8. An international comment...

9. Something exciting begins... Transforming

10. Owning their learning

11. The journey continues...

15. Sharing Emma's blog

16. Communicating

17. Creating

18. Motivating

19. Engaging

20. Building relationships with others

21. Australian animal skype calls

23. Extending classroom walls

24. Having an authentic audience

27. Empowering

28. Reflecting

29. Developing literacy skills...

32. ...and math skills

36. photo by Kathy Cassidy from 2MGems blog http://2mgems.blogspot.com/

37. Fostering New Media Literacy Skills Necessary for a Participatory Culture http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php

38. Play : The Capacity to Experiment with the Surroundings as a Form of Problem Solving

39. Appropriation : The Ability to Meaningfully Sample and Remix Media Content

40. Distributed Cognition : The Ability to Interact Meaningfully with Tools That Expand Mental Capacities Used with permission of Disney/Kerpoof Wordle

41. Collective Intelligence : The Ability to Pool Knowledge and Compare Notes with Others toward a Common Goal

42. Judgment : The Ability to Evaluate the Reliability and Credibility of Different Information Sources

43. Networking : The Ability to Search for, Synthesize, and Disseminate Information Austral ian Animal Wiki Wiki

44. Negotiation: The Ability to Travel across Diverse Communities, Discerning and Respecting Multiple Perspectives, and Grasping and Following Alternative Norms

47. Building a Portfolio of the Year's Work. Meadow's Blog 2010-2011

48. Boden's Blog

49. Megan's Blog

50. … if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow. John Dewey photo - NASA

51. Thank you to my network of friends around to world. You inspire and energize me through your tweets, plurks, blog posts and conversations. Most especially, thank you to Amanda Marrinan and Kathy Cassidy , my mentors, my posse and dear friends. It is your continuous support and encouragement that keeps me going. Maria A companion wiki for this presentation can be found at http://blog2learn.wikispaces.com/