beyond the brick: building a learning community through blogging

Beyond the BricksBuilding a learning community

through blogging

2013 ILE Ohio Conference

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Goals for this session

● Demonstrate an approach for starting a whole-school project

● Demonstrate how blogging can facilitate a learner-centered community

● Demonstrate the need to model effective and responsible use of social media

Resources from session:

http://tinyurl.com/lumze2t

#learn365

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Blogging gives us a voice to share our learning.

“In our quest for getting students to do authentic writing, we have at our

disposal one of the best ways to do that with blogging.”

-John Robinson, “The 21st Century Principal”http://the21stcenturyprincipal.blogspot.com/2013/06/why-wouldnt-we-let-students-blog.html

"The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been...

It’s the reason we're not in the Dark Ages anymore. No matter your position of place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away."

Adora Svitak (at age 13)

Yes, but isn’t this risky?

Ohio Revised Code and Bullying

Anti-bullying policies (ORC 3313.666)

● School boards must establish policies prohibiting bullying

● Defined as “any intentional written, verbal, electronic, or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more than once”.

■ sufficiently severe, persistent or pervasive■ creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive

educational environment for the other student.

Ohio Revised Code and Bullying

Keep this in mind:

The “reach” of school discipline regarding bullying is limited to actions that occur “on school property, on a school bus, or at school-sponsored events”.

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Cyberbullying Study

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Two Approaches to Social Media in Schools

“Wait and see”

“Learn with me”

Two Approaches to Social Media in Schools

Wait and see Learn with me● Reactive

● Leaderless

● Adults are absent from the

experience

● Fosters a culture of old vs.

new

● Allows inexperienced,

immature students determine

the purpose

● Proactive

● Establishes leaders

(students, parents and

teachers)

● Learning is transparent

● Fosters a culture of

engagement

● Teachers/parents model

effective and responsible

digital citizenship

Evaluating Digital Citizenship

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Teachers need to live the learning lives

they expect their students to live.

Relationships matter

“Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.”

Rita F. Pierson

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Getting started...

Resources from session:

http://tinyurl.com/lumze2t

Tools

Take it from me...

Try things out for yourself first.

Build support before you start a big project.

Don’t be afraid to fail.

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