Ok, so after a rather busy start to the year - it’s rather satisfying setting up the new digitally enhanced classrooms, even if there is a lot of work involved getting the computers up and running - it is now time to sit down and reflect on term one’s goal and refocus for term two.

Last term’s goal to get classrooms blogging got off to a fairly good start.  It would be really interesting now to get the kids to re-do the writing survey about the audience to evaluate how effective blogging has become in getting the kids to right for an audience.  I have noticed that some of the kids in room 3 have written some really well structured and argued pieces of writing that I (heaven forbid) didn’t think they could do.

My goal this term is to continue to work with room 3 with their blogging and sharing the audience with them.  With their teacher, I have added some arguments in their blog for the children and their families to argue and write persuasively (their main writing focus this term).  As of yet, possibly because of camp last week, there hasn’t been any comments left just yet.  To make it more aware to the parents I will send out a small notice to let them know that it is there for contribution by both parents and students.

To assess how the children are feeling about writing and who they write for, I will re-survey the children this week to gain some idea of how they are going.

Will update later in the week with any major discoveries.

Tags: ehsas, engagement, blogging