Comments on: What Are The Edublogs Awards And Why Should We Get Involved! http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:08:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: audio » What Are The Edublogs Awards And Why Should We Get Involved! http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-923 audio » What Are The Edublogs Awards And Why Should We Get Involved! Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:27:02 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/#comment-923 [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...] [...] Read the rest of this great post here [...]

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]]> By: room29space http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-910 room29space Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:45:26 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/#comment-910 Just a quick reply to Sue, At this stage the site 'posts' are created through ideas, learning and experiences that occur in the classroom. I am the author of the posts, yet as you may have noticed it is the children that become the main conversation facilitators. The site is user friendly, not over burdened with content or menus, it is for children to communicate. The blogging has allowed for deeper thinking, more time for thinking and learning, and has helped the childre bond out of school hours. The use is to support and enhance learning - it has become part of our classroom culture. If your readers want to visit, be sure to leave a comment. The kids love it when somebody new from somewhere in the world acknowledges their ideas and work. Thanks Andrew Balmoral School Auckland New Zealand Just a quick reply to Sue,

At this stage the site ‘posts’ are created through ideas, learning and experiences that occur in the classroom. I am the author of the posts, yet as you may have noticed it is the children that become the main conversation facilitators. The site is user friendly, not over burdened with content or menus, it is for children to communicate.

The blogging has allowed for deeper thinking, more time for thinking and learning, and has helped the childre bond out of school hours. The use is to support and enhance learning – it has become part of our classroom culture.

If your readers want to visit, be sure to leave a comment. The kids love it when somebody new from somewhere in the world acknowledges their ideas and work.

Thanks

Andrew
Balmoral School
Auckland
New Zealand

]]> By: dswaters http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-906 dswaters Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:10:23 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/#comment-906 Hi Diane - I am glad my explanation helped. When I write posts I try to remember what it is like starting out and try to present the information so that all can understand. I make extra effort if it is something I myself don't know much about -- because it must means lots of others ponder the same questions I have. Hi Josie - thanks for dropping past my blog. Yes I think it is a shame that the same issues that were a problem 4 years ago are still an issue -- perhaps even more so. And what a great way for us to find out about new resources that we have not discovered yet. Hi Room29space - sorry checked your blog and tried to work out teacher's name :( . I have looked at your blog and would love to know more about it. Do you (the teacher) write all the posts? Or do some of the students write the posts? Would love to hear more about how you use your blog. Keep up the good work. Hi Diane – I am glad my explanation helped. When I write posts I try to remember what it is like starting out and try to present the information so that all can understand. I make extra effort if it is something I myself don’t know much about — because it must means lots of others ponder the same questions I have.

Hi Josie – thanks for dropping past my blog. Yes I think it is a shame that the same issues that were a problem 4 years ago are still an issue — perhaps even more so. And what a great way for us to find out about new resources that we have not discovered yet.

Hi Room29space – sorry checked your blog and tried to work out teacher’s name :( . I have looked at your blog and would love to know more about it. Do you (the teacher) write all the posts? Or do some of the students write the posts? Would love to hear more about how you use your blog. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: room29space http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-895 room29space Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:20:16 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/#comment-895 I am a teacher from Auckland, New Zealand. I run a classroom blog, which I use as a means for an online discussion community. It is an extension of classroom learning and allows for parents, family, and the wider community to have a clearer insight into the children's abilities and thinking developments. I am very new to this, but have seen many classroom blogs flounder due to the space having only one voice, which of course is most likely to be the teachers. Kid's surely don't want to read just what the teacher says? Have a look at our one - I haven't seen too many used in exactly the same way. www.room29space.edublogs.org Thanks - Keep up the interesting work! I am a teacher from Auckland, New Zealand.

I run a classroom blog, which I use as a means for an online discussion community. It is an extension of classroom learning and allows for parents, family, and the wider community to have a clearer insight into the children’s abilities and thinking developments.

I am very new to this, but have seen many classroom blogs flounder due to the space having only one voice, which of course is most likely to be the teachers. Kid’s surely don’t want to read just what the teacher says?

Have a look at our one – I haven’t seen too many used in exactly the same way.

http://www.room29space.edublogs.org

Thanks – Keep up the interesting work!

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]]> By: Josie Fraser http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Josie Fraser Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:18:45 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/#comment-889 Huge thanks for this really useful post, which is a really good intro to this years awards! We're really proud of what we've achieved so far and the contribution that everyone makes to getting out the message about the usefulness of blogging and social software for education, and the huge variety of ways and contexts educators are mobilizing techs to support their learning and teaching practices. You're quite right about the blocking and filtering issue - it's still a huge barrier for many of us, and that's a shame. But the awards do make a positive and powerful contribution to the argument for media literacy rather than censorship. Thanks in advance to everyone who nominates and takes part! Huge thanks for this really useful post, which is a really good intro to this years awards! We’re really proud of what we’ve achieved so far and the contribution that everyone makes to getting out the message about the usefulness of blogging and social software for education, and the huge variety of ways and contexts educators are mobilizing techs to support their learning and teaching practices. You’re quite right about the blocking and filtering issue – it’s still a huge barrier for many of us, and that’s a shame. But the awards do make a positive and powerful contribution to the argument for media literacy rather than censorship. Thanks in advance to everyone who nominates and takes part!

]]> By: diane http://suewaters.com/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/comment-page-1/#comment-888 diane Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:44:35 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2007/11/04/what-are-the-edublogs-awards-and-why-should-we-get-involved/#comment-888 Thanks for the explanation - I had a vague idea of what the award might signify, but no idea of the number of categories or its origin. Thanks for the explanation – I had a vague idea of what the award might signify, but no idea of the number of categories or its origin.

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