Outram School
Year level Year 2/3
Link to...
Room 9's blog http://room9youshine.blogspot.com/
Otago Daily Times article about Clemy and Room 9's national blog award
Teaching Inquiry Question
How can the classroom blog pass more into the hands of the children and give them greater ownership of Room9youshine.blogspot.com and how can we further strengthen the communication between home and classroom.
The Highlight of the Project
(It was amazing winning a national award last year. But more amazing for me was seeing the children rise to the challenge and work so well in their blog teams and delight in their achievements.
What I did
I mentored parents who could then become mentors in the blog process. I mentored key pupils to act as mentors for the rest of the class. I modelled regularly and gave plenty of feedback of their achievements. I tried to remain an invisible member of the team and to focus entirely on the children
Problems / Difficulties and my Solutions
Homes without wireless meant it was difficult to share blog achievements with families. I always have new posts displayed on the large screen for the children to see when they arrive in the morning. I chose my parent helps for the blog team with care to ensure that the children drove the projects.
Conclusions and Where to Next
It has been a huge learning curve but also a reminder that many of the processes on a computer are essentially simple and it is just a matter of practice makes perfect.
What difference has your Teaching Inquiry made to student learning?
There was involvelent from the whole class. We even began to classify the comments we made on the blog. A level 1 comment was a simple phrase such as, “Cool picture John.” A level 2 comment included some reflection on the post etc. The whole science of blog writing became familiar, enjoyable and above all easy.
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