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The document discusses the benefits of eLearning and classroom blogging. It states that eLearning can assist connections between learners and facilitate shared learning. Blogging provides an authentic audience, motivates engagement, and helps develop skills like collaboration and digital citizenship. Effective blogging involves using tools to teach skills like research, critical thinking, and presentation. Blogging can be used for displaying work, learning in real-time through collaboration, and as a catalyst for learning.
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- 1. Our vision isfor young people who are: Creative, energetic and enterprising Confident Connected Actively involved Lifelong learners
- 2. eLearning may Assistthe making of connections Facilitate shared learning Assist in the creation and use of supportive learning environments Enhance opportunities to learn Open up different ways of learning
- 3. Personalised learning(the system is built around the learner, rather than the learner being required to fit with the system) Diversity needs to be recognised as a strength and 21st century citizens need to be educated for diversity Knowledge involves creating and using new knowledge to solve problems and find solutions to challenges as they arise on a “just-in- time” basis. Rethinking learners’ and teachers’ roles A culture of continuous learning for teachers and educational leaders
- 5. What is thepurpose of your class blog?
- 6. Me and myclass blog How do you feel about it? Plus Minus Interesting/ideas
- 8. Worldwide audience Authentic audience Provides a purpose – a reason to create Engagement & motivation
- 9. Learn ICTskills Develops multi-literacies Collaboration & sharing Give & receive comments, ideas and feedback Develops digital citizenship Provides a tool to facilitate learning
- 12. Learning Areas Key Competencies Requiresa change in the way you teach It’s about changing the way you teach the curriculum To get the most from your class blog
- 13. Skills and Strategiesto be taught Learning to Learn Thinking Tools Research Tools & Presenting Goal setting Organisation and time management Tracking and asking for assistance Collaboration and group work Self and peer evaluation Reflective practice De Bono Hats PMI Thinkers Keys Bloom’s Taxonomy Fogarty’s Intellect Thinking Maps Habits of the Mind Questioning skills Key words (Identifying and using) Internet searching Using contents & index Using websites Skimming, scanning & reading for detail Taking notes & making notes Sorting, interpreting & organising • Use of ICTs Use of software Layout and design Vocabulary studies Listening Speaking Public speaking Discussion Performance
- 14. Blog platforms Edublogs Blogger (Blogspot) Wordpress
- 15. 1. A gallery,quality work and/or web 2.0 shrine compiled by the teacher (not always willingly!) in their own time 2. A display space to share learning and class events with families members and anyone else who is interested 3. A display space and an engaging forum actively used in the processes of learning Blogging ‘stages’
- 16. Display Learning experiencesare recorded and displayed on the blog Photos and reporting about class and school events Web 2.0 applications are used to display photos Photos of the wall displays and worksheets Posts about the adventures of the class mascot
- 17. Learn A world-wide audienceis a very powerful motivator The blog is used as a catalyst and a learning tool Learning happens on the blog in real time Students collaborate in groups and co-construct posts Global collaborative projects
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- 21. Blogging may havesolved one of the most pressing problems that has perplexed the education world for years: how to get boys to write properly.
- 22. “An essential elementin developing a thinking culture will be the explicit teaching of thinking skills to all students” Michael Pohl
- 23. Generating ideas -Generating possibilities - Creating metaphors Clarifying ideas - Analysing ideas - Analysing arguments Assessing the reasonableness of ideas - Assessing basic information - Inference Dr Robert Swartz
- 25. Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation Remembering The ability to grasp the meaning of material The ability to use learned material in new ways An understanding of both the content and the structural form of material The ability to put parts together to form something new The ability to judge the value of material for a given purpose
- 27. Discussing Evaluating Playinga sport Plus Minus Interesting ideas
- 28. Making and usinga homemade water slide Plus Minus Interesting
- 29. Analyse and draw conclusions What do you need to consider when buying a dog? What does a dog need that a cat doesn’t? What are some practical uses for owning a cat? A dog? Which is the best pet for someone who lives in a high-rise apartment? DogsCats
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- 37. Your mission isto: Use Kidpix to draw something important in the story you’re reading. Use a digital camera to explain a maths concept. Blog time missions Students working collaboratively
- 39. Your mission isto: Take a photo and retell a story Take a photo of some group work, upload to Fotobabble and explain what you were learning Take photos to illustrate a word (patterns, people, lines, shoes etc) Investigate and share ‘which class has the tidiest cloak bay?’ Take photos which show learning in our room today More blog time missions
- 40. Take photosshowing ‘how to skip’, ‘how to shoot a goal’, how to do a forward roll’ etc. Draw 3 things important to the main character in the book you’re reading Use a flow chart to show a sequence (reading or maths) Create a book trailer using PuppetPals and iMovie apps Create some QR codes with clues for a location for others to solve
- 41. What? Sowhat? Now what?
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- 43. Personalised learning(the system is built around the learner, rather than the learner being required to fit with the system) Diversity needs to be recognised as a strength and 21st century citizens need to be educated for diversity Knowledge involves creating and using new knowledge to solve problems and find solutions to challenges as they arise on a “just-in- time” basis. Rethinking learners’ and teachers’ roles A culture of continuous learning for teachers and educational leaders
- 44. Part of yourclassroom community 24/7 Used daily to motivate and enhance learning theinsandouts.co.nz (year 3 & 4) http://room6halcombeschool2013.blogspot.co.nz/ Year 7 & 8 http://www.easternhutt.school.nz/Website/Syndicates. html (http://slaterg4.blogspot.co.nz/)