Blogging

I recently posted on Christchurch Teachers rock blog about integrating SOLO taxonomy with ICT skills.  Here is a link to the blog post.

Even though it took a bit to put pen to paper, or fingers to the keyboard, I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my knowledge with others.  It has made me think how else I can share what I have to offer with others.  Perhaps my class blog needs to have a little more rigour within some of the posts.  

I am wondering why parents don't engage more on the blog posts, especially when their child has done such a magical job.  I guess that's something else to ponder about.

TTFN

Teacher inquiry

Our team shared our findings about our team teacher inquiry, "How to move our target children in writing.'

I focused on a method of peer feedback that the kids and I have enjoyed using, called 2 * and 1 wish.
We are using this on Google Docs when leaving comments on others pieces of writing.  We still have a wee way to go with this, but like everything, practice makes perfect and also MODEL, MODEL, MODEL!

I gave these children questions to ask and they took turns at being the director, interviewer and the interviewee.

This is from a blog I follow and implement their ideas within my class.  This is an interesting reading because I believe I am a reflective practitioner and have successfully taught children of all ages to be reflective in their own thinking and learning.  SITTI follows my philosophy and own beliefs to best teacher practice.  

Chatterpix

I felt I was just beginning to make some head way with teaching summarising as a reading comprehension strategy, last term with my more fluent readers.  I found my other reading groups needed a lot of scaffolding and using G/O had been great.

I have noticed how engaged the kids have been when using IT.

I found a cute app called Chatterkids initially I was using it for recording messages for their next IT project.

I think the use of this app for the purpose of sharing the main ideas in the story they have just read will help children become more succinct (you can only talk for 30 seconds).  If they took a shelfie (not a selfie) of the book they are reviewing it will let others respond when it's on the blog.

Can't wait to trial...

Chatterkid


Update....

Here are the children using Chatterkid to review a book (Shelfie).  It's a great summarising tool for those who like to 'chat' to much.  I also like how the children who aren't confident can replay and re-record if they need to.

LC 10 likes to Chatter.  I taught 2 kids how to upload their Chatterkids movie file from emails to Google Drive and then on to our blog.  Using the watch 1, do 1, teach 1 approach.

I shared with the kids, yes it was slower and took almost all day, as I explained to the kids, that I could get these two experts to do them all, but then who was doing the learning?  Short answer only 2 children.  Now I have more than a handful of experts!

Recently we have used Chatterkids to explain what they have learnt about plants.  Putting in some criteria this time has given their recording a better quality.