Forward Focus
| Input | Activities | Output | Uptake | Usage | Impact | Benefit |
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$ people existing expertise external expertise |
Research project working with industry collaboration |
Publications prototypes |
Who took part?
how many too part? |
What are they doing with it? How did it get used? |
What difference did it make? |
Was it worth it? |
We used Popplet in class today to create a web of information read from Sustainability reading. Some problems arose with laptops not having up to date Flash media players. The other problem was the inability to embed due to not having linked the students blogs to the class blog at that stage.
Students were quite motivated by this medium however, and it will be interesting to persist with this. Next week I will introduce the Rubric. Might be better to start with non-fiction one. It will fit in better with what we have started. I will need to work on non-fiction one a bit.
http://suewaters.com/2013/01/29/advanced-blogging-you-asked-for-it/
Here is a great article written by Sue Waters that I would like to keep referring to.
| Week Beginning | Focus Blog | Teacher | Blog Address |
| 14th January | Port Ellen | Jo | https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ab/OurLearningBlog/ |
| 21st January | Bidstone Ave | Jane | http://kidblog.org/MrsIllume/ |
| 28th January | Woodston PS | Lorraine | http://woodstonyear6.blogspot.co.uk/ |
| 4th February | Plympton PS | Daniela | http://room2point1.edublogs.org |
| 25th February | Port Ellen | Jo | https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ab/OurLearningBlog/ |
| 4th March | Bidstone Ave | Jane | http://kidblog.org/MrsIllume/ |
| 11th March | Woodston PS | Lorraine | http://woodstonyear6.blogspot.co.uk/ |
| 18th March | Plympton PS | Daniela | http://room2point1.edublogs.org |
http://www.peps.ik.org/p_Home.ikml
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ab/OurLearningBlog/
http://kidblog.org/MrsIllume/
http://woodstonyear6.blogspot.co.uk
http://quadblogging.net
Effective practices associated with online, collaborative projects:
http://edsummerbookclub.wikispaces.com/home
I have started reading Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. I am interested in the concept of getting students to collaborate with others in other schools and other parts of the world. I have seen some of the benefits discussed in the first chapter first hand – to a small extent.
Last year whilst involved in the Global Read Aloud our class connected with another class in Virginia, USA. Through this link students shared information. By posted video footage on our class blog, making comments through Edmodo, and commenting on their class blog students exchanged information. They were very motivated and interested in finding out about the differences between our cultures.
I would like to further explore the opportunities available during the year ahead. I think my next step will be to start local, make connections, practice using Skype or Google+ and then look for opportunities, within the curriculum, to expand further.
I look forward to exploring the Flattening Classrooms, Expanding Minds with other teachers around the world on January 8th, 11am Adelaide time.
