[Year 12 IT Apps] Blogging

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Same here using Moodle and I quite agree with Charmaine's observations.

I create a quirky scitech chat forum where I post a topical quirky IT news
item, often with an ethical twist or dilemma (e.g. tracking students with
RFID tag implants or letting them airbrush pimples out of school
photographs). I mandate a reply to my HOT (higher order thinking) question
and they quickly assess and grade each others posts using some with pull
down options. We had some great discussions about what makes for a good or
poor contribution to a discussion or thread. Explained the digest option to
help package posts into a single daily e-mail. Smiled when they started to
grade my questions ;-)

Silly posts fell away when I found a willing student moderator for a social
forum where they could opt in / out of posts that I didnt need to constantly
track, read or audit. Mostly chat about what was on the flicks, sport or
burning fashion advice etc.

Regards Roland

On 13/02/07, Charmaine Taylor <tigeroz at alphalink.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
> We use Moodle and all the students love to participate to see their
> words of wisdom on screen, even those who can't spell! It's been a great
> means of engaging all students. I quickly remove any silly forum posts
> (this can be done immediately) and remind them about ethical behaviour
> and responsible use of IT, etc. I haven't had a repetition of poor
> behaviour yet.
>
> We've also just set up blogs for kids on our Moodle and I'm about to try
> that out too with my yr11 Media class but the forum is better for
> getting all opinions about an issue or students to report on their
> individual or group progress with a topic and enabling the whole class
> to view them.
>
> Cheers and good luck,
> Charmaine Taylor
> Sunbury Downs College
>
> Martin, Michael M wrote:
>
> >Hi Charmaine,
> >
> >What forum structure are you using?  How has it been set up?  Have you
> set your own up on the local server or are you using an outside
> provider?  I'm interested in ideas.  thanks for your input
> >
> >Michael Martin
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Charmaine Taylor
> >Sent: Mon 12/02/2007 11:57 PM
> >To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> >Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Blogging
> >
> >
> >Hi Michael,
> >I use forums for this and it does encourage students to participate.
> >
> >Charmaine Taylor
> >Sunbury Downs College
> >
> >
> >Martin, Michael M wrote:
> >
> >
> >       Hi All,
> >
> >       Is there anyone that has set up a Blogs site at their school for
> the purpose of allowing students to ask the expert (teachers) questions, and
> I don't mean just IT teachers but teachers across all teaching areas.  And
> is this helping students with their approach to learning?  I am keen to set
> up a blogs site at my school so that ideas can be shared and questions
> asked.  I saw an example on the British Museum site where students blog
> questions to the experts.  This would be cool in a school environment.
> >
> >       Keen to hear views and strategies
> >
> >       Regards
> >       Michael Martin
> >       Copperfield College
> >
> >
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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
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