- supporting and encouraging blogging
- keeping engagement up in Google Meets
Again, this week I've been fortunate enough to be involved in meetings with teachers from all over the country sharing their expertise and resources. Some of my favourite ideas have been:
Amy @ Glenbrae School and her spreadsheet to challenge bloggers to comment on other people's blogs. It looked like a huge success!
Kiriwai @ PT England School and her student set Taha Challenges. This definitely inspired me to think about other ways we can empower our students and give the more ownership over blogging.
And students continue to pump out the work on their blogs. I've been so impressed with the content and quality of the posts, even from relatively new bloggers. It has also been amazing to take the time to leave comments and make connections with these learners. Here's a couple to have a look at:
I love this post because of it's multi-modality (is that a word?). Instructions, images, quotes and video!
This post blew me away because Mahrosh has only completed a handful of blogposts yet he has the courage and foresight to share different stages of his work, not just the finished product.
I can't wait to use these bloggers as role models in Term 2 Cybersmart sessions!
I'd love to hear other people's thinking around encouraging and supporting blogging as well as keeping engagement up in Google Meet sessions and distance learning in general.
Keep up the great work everyone!
Ngā mihi
Kia ora Phil,
ReplyDeleteIt was great to have some time to have a read through your blog. It certainly looks like you've been busy! I really love the way you've spent time acknowledging some of the great bloggers in your community as they are creating wonderful interesting posts with great content, to share with others. Isn't blogging great! I particularly enjoyed that you shared insightful comments about the process these learners are going through. Blogging isn't always about the product, as some people think, but is often about the thinking we as learners (and bloggers) are doing along the way. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Amie, yes I'm so proud of the bloggers from Ako Hiko. It's been great to see the students engaging with each others' posts and start genuine conversations and collaboration. It's also highlighted an equity issue for me in that in classes where blogging wasn't established students have missed out on a way of sharing.
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