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My Background. • B.A., Computer Science, U of MN, Morris. • M. Ed., U of MN, Twin Cities. • 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade in
Digital Social Portfolios Using Kidblog to Document Learning Presentation: bit.ly/kidblog-slides Resources: bit.ly/kidblog-resources Matt Hardy Co-Founder, Kidblog Inc. [email protected]

My Background • • • •

B.A., Computer Science, U of MN, Morris M. Ed., U of MN, Twin Cities 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade in Eden Prairie, 8 years Co-Founder, Kidblog Inc.

Our Class Website

Today’s Session:

Student-Focused Teacher website/blog

Students publishing meaningful academic content for an authentic audience

Student Blogs: Three Layers

Digital Notebook Social Network Portfolio “Hub”

Digital Notebook

Digital Notebook

The Notebook is dead.

Long live the Notebook!

Blogs vs. Traditional Journals • Access from anywhere • No forgotten/lost assignments • Monitor progress during the week

vs.

• Maintain a record of work throughout year

• Highly motivating and authentic • Practice/apply keyboarding skills • Rich media • Work remotely when student is absent • Ownership/Accountability

Paper’s Place? Paper still has a place: the Digital Notebook.

Portfolios are relevant to all content areas: • • • • • •

Reading Math Science History Geography Phy. Ed.

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Writing Handwriting Art Music

Social Network

Social Network Communication + Reciprocation = Motivation

How authentic is your students’ audience?

Google+ Hangout Jabiz Raisdana Authentic Student Blogging: Empowering Student Voice in the Social Media Age

Publishing is an Afterthought

Social Publishing Comment

Revising

Comment

Drafting Publishing Editing Comment

Comment

Comments Comments are the most important facet of your student blogging ecosystem.

Blog Assignment Progression Build confidence & good habits 1. Start with student comments on a teacher post 2. Students publish their own, assigned posts 3. Student choice of topic, open-ended posts

“Riding Freedom” example teacher post

Response Model: Single-Post, Single-Response

Comment

Response Model: Mulit-Post, Multi-Response

Start with Structure Book Club Roles Question Captain

Connection Maker

Character Analyzer

Image Illustrator

Excerpt Expert

Tips • Emphasize comments (the engine of dynamic blogs) • Look at posts/comments as a class – What did we do well? – Discuss ways to make better – Depth of thought, specificity, relevance

• Don’t stress over spelling

Portfolio Hub

Evidence of Learning • “Sharing is learning” • “What does the evidence of your students’ love of learning look like?” • “In the new economy, ideas are the new currency.” -Marco Torres

Blog-Friendly Web 2.0 Services • Click the Google Drive icon for resources and examples:

Thank You! Presentation: bit.ly/kidblog-slides Resources: bit.ly/kidblog-resources Matt Hardy Co-Founder, Kidblog Inc. [email protected]