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I am scared!
I am using discussion boards at the moment with all my year groups in heaps of different ways. For example, as plenary 'post-its', to create a record of key terms and definitions, to discuss poems and novel chapters, to show 'best' work (allowing for pupils to see themselves alongside others in class) etc.
So what can I get my tutor group to blog about? Any ideas?
I used a blog with my GCSE group as a record of work too, those who have been absent used it to catch up! No more excuses - hurray
I've created a workspace for my tutor group on the gateway and we are using the discussion boards to keep in contact with a pupil on long term sick.
We've been discussing topics like what was good about this week?!
P'raps I could get KS4 to discuss their impressions of some of the music they are studying? Or maybe some of their learning strategies for some of the really dry theory stuff they have to learn :)
What year group are your form?
I like your tutor idea, I'd really like to have a positive space where my tutees can record and discuss positive experiences or comments they've had during the week.
It will be really useful for Year 11 when they are on exam leave so that we can still collaborate through revision, especially since my exam is nearly always last
we are also using discussion boards with post 16 Spanish. Every week a question is posted and students post a response in Spanish. This allows us to look together at all the blogs/posts. Students enjoy it as it is a familiar format to networking sites that they use.
Yr 10
It will be really useful for Year 11 when they are on exam leave so that we can still collaborate through revision, especially since my exam is nearly always last
Music's great for ICT use as you can easily link/save music clips - oo podcasts! Best site ever: www.podcastrevision.co.uk
Year 10 - how about stuff that is in the news?
Sorry for late reply - v. sorry to keep track of who is talking when we're all 'anonymous'!
My tutor group are Y8 but they pages are in the English faculty...
I've created a list of a load of ways to use the laptops and Gateway and put it in the Communications faculty documents on the Gateway - feel free to go use!
I love the idea of a tutor space so that you can keep in touch with pupils not in school. any other ideas of how to use it with year 10?
Liking the homework/absentee idea. Homework I could do but not sure how the classwork would translate.
Perhaps in some subject areas it translates more easily (or take less imagination?!)
e.g. in English set texts and disucssion forms translate easily for KS4/5 but equally literacy activities/worksheets are available for hte less able
Re:Yr 10
I might look at a theme of the week discussion with my group because it can be quite hard to get them to engage with the theme in more than a superficial way.
At 16+ they could use blogging as a seminar tool, 'discuss a topic online' could be a useful homework.
Re:Yr 10
I'm really lucky, got loads of computers in my tutor room so I could even have a handfull of students commenting on the theme of the week each day during registration.
I think another important issue is making our ICT resources pupil-friendly. Most blog sites and our own Gateway software has not been designed with 11year olds in mind! We must remember simplicity, images etc.
I love the theme of the week idea!
Re: Seminar tool
Give us an example?
Is it easy to stick pictures into a blog?
Im unsure what blogs can do that a discussion board won't?
Is there a danger they are more teacher-led/driven?
wow love it! Theme of the week! My group would be more motivated to write something if this ment they could blog instead of the green books. Also comments could lead to an actual discussion rather than a comment.
Re: Seminar tool
in theory the lesson never ends. It is awesome to log on next morning and realise two 15 year olds have been discussing 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' at 9pm!!!
The really good thing about blogging is that as a teacher you can go in and 'drop' new ideas into the conversation... changing the direction of the conversation, new ideas, clarifying things or keeping them on track.
oo just learned how to leave my name... now just not sure if i want to!
What's the difference between a blog and a discussion board?
Seminar ideas that I might use could be an exam question - they could all chip in ideas to get an A or contraversial issues e.g.'Should footballers be paid less?'
Re: beneifts of blogging!
But i do this already with discussion boards...
im glad you asked!!!???????????
Discussion boards on contained within the Learning Gateway - so appear in faculties, with learning resources etc. Blogs are a seperate entity currently, on an external site, however, there is a facility to produce them in the Gateway...
"should pupils stay in education until 18?" they'd all blog about that one....
Think I've cracked the name thing :)
hmmm, so is a blog more advanced than a discussion board?
Re: "should pupils stay in education
And all the teachers!!
Nice topic Amy! might try it with my 16+ group
I personally can't see what a blog can do that our current Gateway can't. Intergrating video/images with text is possible as a webpart.
was that a contraversial statement? come on persuade me blogs rule!
Can we put a link to an external blog somewhere to make it easy for the students to get to it? I forget addresses!!
i like the idea of interupting the blogs to change the direction of discussion BUT lets not become too geeky and spend our Sat night blogging...
Not conviced I know if enough to debate that. Sorry :(
im really tempted to type a rude word now... or tk n txt sk innit
yeah lets be naughty!!!! thats what they are waiting for!!
"i like the idea of interupting the blogs to change the direction of discussion BUT lets not become too geeky and spend our Sat night blogging..."
I completely agree! I think my success criteria for VLE/blogs is that it has to be pupil led!
No point if it has more text written by teacher than pupil!
GEEKY?!! Never :) One of my biggest difficulties is keeping up with 'stuff'. Don't want to start up a blog and then be too busy to keep on top of necessary bits and bobs to do with it!
the intention of the Gateway was to bring numerous services under one 'umbrella'. Is there a danger with external blog sites we are dividing up formats again?
I agree Rach, the ideas are great so long as they are not too time consuming
i am self-confessed geek
we encourage to write stories! check out the creative writing club pages!
but....i can imagine my post 16 blogging about a grammar point! i'd maybe look at it (by accident) on a sat and i would not be able to help myself, i'd have to reply and give them a hand. Is this wrong? does it make me sad? a geek? a good/bad teacher? please help
you all talk much sense ladies :)
I think I might have a 'Blog Manager' for the Tutor/Theme of the Week idea. Then it'll be student started, led and maintained!
I have found that works Rach, Charlotte tends to do that for our groups
i check the discussion boards everyday and it HAS to be moderated - no getting around it! So is time consuming always to some extent.
I don't know any rude words...
Can inappropraite comments be removed from a blog?
"I think I might have a 'Blog Managers"
Great plan! Ooo pupil moderators. Love it!
"Can inappropraite comments be removed from a blog?"
They can from discussion boards...
we could give them badges...'little bloggers'
i think im all blogged out
How Caroline?
I'm the same Amy, I'd get on and see they'd been discussing a piece of music and not be able to help myself but give my own opinions or ask them a question. Doesn't make us sad/geeky or anything else... I don't think...:)
Pupil moderators Oooooooooohhhhhh fab idea, delegate delegate delegate!!!!
ive reached facebook saturation point
'little bloggers'...hee hee
Facebook smacebook!
Just added Scrabble to Facebook, back on it now with gusto
scrabulous! absolute obsession!
Its always novel to find someone who DOES NOT have a facebook account these days... I'm not a convert
I don't trust the security settings, not lovin the idea of all that stuff on the world wide...
Do you not have one Rach?
scrabble online
getting kids to moderate
sometimes the simple ideas are the best
"I don't trust the security settings"
dead easy to make super-secret - can even limit who sees photos etc. when people are friends.
yeah Facebook suicide...it's the fashion now!
kids moderating scrabble?
brain blogged out...
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