the power of our family learning blog
DESCRIPTION
Blogs are misunderstood by many educators, parents, and administrators as simply personal diaries. This undervaluation is unfortunate. Blogs permit students and teachers to maintain (with relatively few "clicks" and effort) a running record of student learning. Our family learning blog provides a mechanism for our children to "show what they know" with interactive digital stories (using VoiceThread as well as GarageBand-produced podcasts), text posts about books they are reading and topics they are studying, and hyperlinked references to other online resources of interest to them. In this session we will demonstrate and show how a family learning blog can be created to complement assigned homework and in-class assignments at school, and provide a rich digital portfolio of student learning with extends beyond a single school year. Our family learning blog is active on http://learningsigns.speedofcreativity.org.TRANSCRIPT
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The Power of Our Family Learning
Blog
by Wesley Fryer
www.speedofcreativity.orghttp://handouts.wesfryer.com/familylearningblog
NECC 2009 – Washington DC - 30 June 2009
wfryer
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29 June 2009
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TXT WFRYER TO 50500
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http://learningsigns.speedofcreativity.org/
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whatwhyhow
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why
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FUN
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LITERACY
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SHARINGIS
GOOD
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CONNECTIONS
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21st Century Skills
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how
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GETSTARTED!
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Skype Videoconference 24 February 2009Geraldine, NZ - Edmond, OK, USA
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The Power of Our Family Learning
Blog
by Wesley Fryer
www.speedofcreativity.orghttp://handouts.wesfryer.com/familylearningblog
NECC 2009 – Washington DC - 30 June 2009
wfryer