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@Leigh Cassell

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INNOVATORS

Blogs

as Digital Portfolios for

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What is a blog?

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Why

Blogs as Digital Portfolios?

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ENGAGEMENT

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students

OWN

the learning?

What if

@LeighCassell

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I see a cave in the trees.

Maybe this is where

the fairies live.

Camera

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Camera

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GAFE

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Camera

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RELATIONSHIPS

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. . . between teacher

& student

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. . . between students and other students

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. . . between students and their families

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. . . between teachers

and families

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. . . between students and experts

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Video Conferencing

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. . . between students and global learning partners

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Sylvia RosenthalTolisano

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Blogging as Literacy

Blogging is about purposeful and authentic writing in digital spaces with a global audience. It’s about finding new ways to improve on the quality of our conversations by collaborating and problem solving with others, thinking critically about our thinking, and documenting our learning journey. It is about reciprocating with an emphasis on quality, providing students and teachers with authentic experiences to create, share, read, write, comment, reflect and connect in digital spaces, while observing digital citizenship responsibilities and rights. It is about making learning and thinking visible, searchable and available to others.

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Audience?

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Camera

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Paper53

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Daily 5 Read to Someone

Recording Lite

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Creative Commons

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Montreal Canadiens “Sing Let it Go”

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BCE Grade 5/6 Sing “Let it Go”

iMovie

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documentation

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conversations

observations

products

Triangulation of Assessment Data For, Of and As Learning

Blogs

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problem solving

Explain Everything

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critical thinking

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Success Criteria for “My Blogging Profile”

PART 1: Write a descriptive paragraph for each of the following topics:

My Family

People Like Me because . . .

My Favourite Activities

Goals, Strengths, and Next Steps

My Passion(s) . . .

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PART 2: Create a presentation to tell your story using digital tools.

Success Criteria (modeled after the Success Criteria for the paragraphs):

  • include 4+ topics in your story
  • use descriptive details (word choice)
  • transitions
  • voice (ie./ humour, sincerity, etc )
  • include at least 2 kinds of media in your presentation (text, image, video, etc)
  • share the product on your blog

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dmandancingking

iMovie

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Kodable

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Camera

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reflection

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reflection and critical thinking

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C

THE

6

s

IN EDUCATION

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communication

Modern

Skills

collaboration

critical thinking

creativity

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Connected

Learning

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Facetime

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code.org

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citizenship

character

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Video Conferencing -----------------

Camera

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Amplify

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YouTube

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iMovie

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Why

Blogging as Pedagogy?

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What is your entry point?

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THE

FUTURE

READING

OF

AND

COLLABORATIVE

WRITING

IS

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How will you make your learning visible?

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Social Media in the Classroom

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What about student safety?

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STRANGER danger?

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Blog Safety

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Why is this important?

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Digital Footprint

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your students

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@Leigh Cassell

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Blogging

for

Beginners

INNOVATORS

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Review of Why Blog?

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  • emphasis on literacy; the opportunity to write with a blog component
  • long term focus for blogs as portfolios: K-12 students will blog in all grades, across divisions, between schools and school boards; graduate with positive digital footprint
  • focus on networked “Learning Communities”
  • focus on *6C’s
  • new literacies
  • reflection
  • student metacognition
  • amplification

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Steps for Writing a Post:

  • Write
  • Categorize (a way to organize blog content similar to using labels/ folders)
  • Tag (keywords to search for blog posts using the Reader)
  • Publish

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Page = Share content like resources for students, parents . . .

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Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.

*Google is a search engine that helps you locate content such as images and photos. Once you find that perfect image or photo, you must take certain steps before you may legally use it. Assume that Online Content is Protected by Copyright and therefore may not be copied, modified, or reproduced.

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