hello, I introduced blogging to my students (year 7 - 10) this year (LOTE and Humantities) mainly as a means to developing their ability to reflect on their learning and share their interests. As expected some took to it as ducks to water and for ot…
At 1:24pm on November 12, 2009, Richard Opie said…
It is this very exchange of ideas I want to encourage. If, in the wider work force taskforce, we are expecting kind people to 'volunteer' to help we need to be able to repay in kind. Not necessarily exactly but like those barter schemes where you 'pay' back by doing good equivalent to a third party.
At 9:04am on November 12, 2009, Richard Opie said…
Dear Marie-Josee. I use 3.2.1. to encourage students to reflect and think about what they read, see, hear etc. It is powerful as it can be of a book, a character, a web site, a poem, a poet, etc. Its applications are universal.
They ask 3 questions (eg of a character or a web designer), pass 2 comments on the work before them and then make 1 suggestion.
Now, I cannot claim great success but look at my blog site to see it at work with some students:
Hi Marie-Josee and welcome to the Educators Guide to Innovation. Do you have iPod touches or iPod devices? I have seen a lot of LOTE teachers use them with great success. Have you used skype, blogs or wikis with your classes? If so, how? Have you been able to connect with students from other classes via this means?