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Getting students to blog

@bertramrichter

Curriculum Leader MFL

Tile Hill Wood School & Language College

Coventry

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Student blogging

Session outline:Why?

How?

Examples (KS3-5)

Short Practical

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1. Creates a learning community feel away from the traditional classroom

(also perfect revision resource for GCSE and A-level)

2. Provides an authentic audience for student writing (peers and real world)

3. Supports differentiation - forum for less extrovert/confident students

4. E

ncourages reading & listening before being able to comment on anything

5. Develops reflection & debate threaded comments simulate debate

6. Builds ICT skills

7. Outlet forcreativity - a platform to showcase web 2.0 work

8. enriches the classroom through authentic and current material (videos)

9. Allows formultiple feedback loops/ peer assessment

10. Brings in expertise from the outside

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1. Creates a learning community feel away from the traditional classroom

(also perfect revision resource for GCSE and A-level)

2. Provides an authentic audience for student writing (peers and real world)

3. Supports differentiation - forum for less extrovert/confident students

4. Encourages reading & listening before being able to comment on anything

5. Develops reflection & debate threaded comments simulate debate

6. Builds ICT skills

7. Outlet for creativity - a platform to showcase web 2.0 work

8. enriches the classroom through authentic and current material (videos)

9. Allows formultiple feedback loops/ peer assessment

10. Brings in expertise from the outside

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High impact

Low effort

High impact

High effort

Low impact

Low effort

Low impact

High effort

Impact

Effort

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Which blogging platform?

Email posting and

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(threaded!) commenting:

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Publish their work for them!

-work = anything embed-able

(wordles/tagxedo/storybirds/vokis/tripline/ linoits)

-get students to email you the link OR the

embed code

-you post & they comment

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1.

Peer- and self-assessment

(KS3)

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thwlanguages.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/carmen/#comments

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2.

Peer- and self-assessment

(KS4)

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GCSE controlled assessment blog:

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Using the sidebar as an AfL checklist:

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3.

Using (threaded) comments

(KS5)

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http://alevelgerman.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/sathus-partei/

http://alevelgerman.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/trendsport-oder-

vereinssport/

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4.

Developing speaking

(KS5)

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http://alevelgerman.posterous.com/

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1. Creates a learning community feel away from the traditional

classroom (also perfect revision resource for GCSE and A-level)

2. Supports differentiation - forum for less extrovert/confident

students

3. Encourages reading & listening before being able to comment on

anything

4. Develops reflection & debate threaded comments simulate

debate

5. Allows for multiple feedback loops / peer assessment

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High impact

Low effort blog their work

for them they

do the

assessment

start SMALL &

with your best

class

make the most

of email

publishing &

threadedcomments

Impact

Effort

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ililc2@posterous.com

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Getting students to blog

@bertramrichter

Curriculum Leader MFL

Tile Hill Wood School & Language College

Coventry