Growing Posts Another journey into 21st Century Learning
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Growing Posts
Another journey into 21st Century Learning
If you have Scribe Posts a student usually blogs once every 30 classes.
As a subject area teacher I wanted them to post more often.
Enter the Growing Post
Good for multi-subject teacher
Original image: 'Focus'www.flickr.com/photos/26406919@N00/793748095by: Nic McPhee
Why Growing Posts?
All work is in 1 Blog Post instead of many posts.
Blog provides a canvas for the learners to create.
TeachClass Subject Content
While teaching how to integrate 2.0 technologies.
Connection between students
Creating an audience
These are Growing Posts
Using a Growing post like a Math Notebook
Growing Post Instructions
Using images to convey meaning
This post was created 2 years ago.
Building Connections
Fraction Growing Posts
Students leaving comments on other Growing Posts
Percent Growing Post 2006Second Generation Growing Posts
Time PeriodYou can assign a question a day.
You can assign the entire Growing Post as one assignment.
Students prefer to do the work at home.
Their computers are often better than those at school.
Types of Applications one could use/teach in Growing Posts
How to embed videos
How to add sound
or anything at studentblogwikitools.wikispaces.com
Alan Levine’s 50 tools to tell a story.
Assessment
http://flickr.com/photos/njhdiver/445254121/
Student self-evaluation
Peer Evaluation
Teacher Evaluation
Sample Marking Rubric
More information on Growing posts can be found
At Release the Hounds
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