blogging, tweeting, sharing getting started with sharing learning online

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Blogging, Tweeting, SharingGetting started with sharing learning online

lead ▪ learn ▪ protect ▪ engage www.somersetelim.org lead ▪ learn ▪ protect ▪ engage www.somersetelim.org

Why should I share learning using online tools?How can I share learning using online tools?

•Increased knowledge of tools for sharing learning

•Increased confidence to use tools with children safely and responsibly

Outcomes for the session


1.30pm: StartDeveloping opportunities for children – the ICT Progressions

1.45pm: Collaborating using Primary Wall

2.00pm: Why blog? Looking at inspiring blogs

2.30pm: Break

2.45pm: Hands-on time blogging with Kidblog, Primary Blogger, Wordpress, SLP or j2e

3.45pm: Sharing with parents using Twitter Building a personal learning network with Twitter

4.00pm: Being safe, next steps, evaluation, finish

Agenda


Creator

Investigator

Problem Solver

Consumer

Collaborator

Learner as …


Finding things out

• Handling data

• Research

Exchanging and sharing information

• Presentation

• Collaboration

Developing ideas and making things happen

• Control and monitoring

• Modelling and simulationPla

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Developing opportunities


Developing opportunities


Primary Wall – www.primarywall.com

•Instant tool for collaboration•Stimulus for an activity or way to demonstrate what you know

http://primarywall.com/sFTiLm8Vhy


Primary Wall – www.primarywall.com

•Tell me something you have learnt in this lesson.

•Phonics-Write down a word with the /ai/ sound in – and sort them into groups

•Write down the opening sentence to your story

•Write as many adjectives as you can

•List different ways to make 20

•Write down different animals and then sort into groups.

•Write down one living and one non-living thing and then once everybody has done that you can sort into groups of living/non-living things.


Primary Wall – e-safety considerations•Wall is private unless web address is shared•Will delete after 30 days or before by phoning Primary Wall•“respect the rights of other users”


Purposeful – why?Collective – learning togetherReciprocal – read, share,

considerSupportive – no wrong

answers, reach common understanding

Cummulative - build on own and each other’s ideas

Alexander R 2004 Towards dialogic teaching: rethinking classroom talk

Blogging with children

Promoting positive talk

‘Listen’Be receptive to other

viewpointsThink about what others

‘say’Give others time to respond

– an online discussion isn’t instant



Heathfield Primary School, Bolton – deputy head David Mitchell


Blogging with childrenhttp://bit.ly/somersetblogging



Primary BloggerNorth Petherton Primary Schoolhttp://npclassms.primaryblogger.co.uk/

Kidbloghttp://kidblog.org/MrsFieldsClass-2/



SLP blogging https://slp3.somerset.gov.uk/schools/highham

J2e blogginghttp://thps.j2webby.com/


Hands-on blogging


http://bradfordmoor.primaryblogger.co.uk/

Blogging – e-safety considerations


Blogging projects

http://quadblogging.net//

http://100wc.net

www.blogdipping.org.uk


Twitter with parents – www.twitter.com


Twitter with parents – www.twitter.com

• Teacher is in control

• Parents are communicated with

• Learning is shared

Issues:

• Unfiltering

• Managing privacy


Professional use of Twitter

• Build a professional network

• Share with ‘digital colleagues’

• Follow discussions

• Increase your professional knowledge


Next steps

• What will you do?

• How will you do it?

• What challenges might you face?

• How will you overcome them?

• All resources on the Primary Blog

• Complete evaluation

blogging, tweeting, sharing getting started with sharing learning online

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