Learning to Blog, Blogging to Learn

Learning to Blog

Blogging to Learn

Maria KneeClassroom Blog  mariaknee.comTwitter - mariak   thekinderkids

for BLC 2011

Once upon a time...

We begin...

 and almost 3 weeks later...

     We shared classroom events.

Someone notices.

A connection is made.

An international comment...

Something exciting begins...

Transforming

Owning their learning

The journey continues...

Sharing

Emma's blog

Communicating

Creating

Motivating

Engaging

Building relationships  with others

Australian animal skype calls

Extending classroom walls

Having an authentic audience

Empowering

Reflecting

Developing literacy skills...

...and math skills

photo by Kathy Cassidy

from 2MGems bloghttp://2mgems.blogspot.com/

Fostering New Media Literacy Skills Necessary for a Participatory Culture

http://www.newmedialiteracies.org/the-literacies.php

Play: The Capacity to Experiment with the Surroundings as a Form of Problem Solving

Appropriation: The Ability to Meaningfully Sample and Remix Media Content

Distributed Cognition: The Ability to Interact Meaningfully with Tools That Expand Mental Capacities

Used with permission of Disney/Kerpoof

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Collective Intelligence: The Ability to Pool Knowledge and Compare Notes with Others toward a Common Goal

Judgment: The Ability to Evaluate the Reliability and Credibility of Different Information Sources

Networking: The Ability to Search for, Synthesize, and Disseminate Information

 Austral ian Animal                                    Wiki Wiki

Negotiation: The Ability to Travel across Diverse Communities, Discerning and Respecting Multiple Perspectives, and Grasping and Following Alternative Norms

Building a Portfolio of the Year's Work.

Meadow's Blog 2010-2011

Boden's Blog

Megan's  Blog

… if we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.

                                                              John Dewey

photo - NASA

Thank you to my network of friends around to world. You inspire and energize me through your tweets, plurks, blog posts and conversations.

Most especially, thank you to Amanda Marrinan and Kathy Cassidy, my mentors, my posse and dear friends. It is your continuous support and encouragement that keeps me going.

Maria                

A companion wiki for this presentation can be found at 

http://blog2learn.wikispaces.com/