1. Getting students to blog @bertramrichter Curriculum Leader – MFL Tile Hill Wood School & Language College Coventry

3. Tile Hill Wood School & Language College

4. Student blogging Session outline: Why? How? Examples (KS3-5) Practical

6. 1.Creates a learning community feel away from the traditional classroom (also perfect revision resource for GCSE and A-level) 2.Provides an authentic audience for student writing (peers and ‘real’ world) 3.Supports differentiation - forum for less extrovert/confident students 4.Encourages reading & listening before being able to comment on anything 5.Develops reflection & debate – threaded comments simulate debate 6.Builds ICT skills 7.Outlet for creativity - a platform to showcase web 2.0 work 8.enriches the classroom through authentic and current material (videos) 9.Allows for multiple feedback loops / peer assessment 10. Brings in expertise from the outside

7. 1.Creates a learning community feel away from the traditional classroom (also perfect revision resource for GCSE and A-level) 2.Provides an authentic audience for student writing (peers and ‘real’ world) 3.Supports differentiation - forum for less extrovert/confident students 4.Encourages reading & listening before being able to comment on anything 5.Develops reflection & debate – threaded comments simulate debate 6.Builds ICT skills 7.Outlet for creativity - a platform to showcase web 2.0 work 8.enriches the classroom through authentic and current material (videos) 9.Allows for multiple feedback loops / peer assessment 10. Brings in expertise from the outside

8. High impact Low effort High impact High effort Low impact Low effort Low impact High effort Impact Effort

9. How?

10. Which blogging platform? Email posting and …

11. (threaded!) commenting:

12. Publish their work for them! -“work” = anything embed-able (wordles/tagxedo/storybirds/vokis/tripline/ linoits…) -get students to email you the link OR the embed code -you post & they comment

13. 1. Peer- and self-assessment (KS3)

14. thwlanguages.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/carmen/#comments

15. 2. Peer- and self-assessment (KS4)

16. GCSE controlled assessment blog:

17. Using the sidebar as an AfL checklist:

21. 3. Using (threaded) comments (KS5)

22. http://alevelgerman.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/sathus-partei/ http://alevelgerman.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/trendsport-oder- vereinssport/

23. 4. Developing speaking (KS5)

24. http://alevelgerman.posterous.com/

25. 1.Creates a learning community feel away from the traditional classroom (also perfect revision resource for GCSE and A-level) 2.Supports differentiation - forum for less extrovert/confident students 3.Encourages reading & listening before being able to comment on anything 4.Develops reflection & debate – threaded comments simulate debate 5.Allows for multiple feedback loops / peer assessment

26. High impact Low effort blog their work for them – they do the assessment start SMALL & with your ‘best’ class make the most of email publishing & threaded comments Impact Effort

28. ililc2@posterous.com

29. Getting students to blog @bertramrichter Curriculum Leader – MFL Tile Hill Wood School & Language College Coventry