The Blogger can be used to facilitate high level pedagogy by introducing lesson content, providing an open form for students to communicate ideas, build relationships amongst students and teachers. The content can be used promote and further advance educational materials that are not normally available in the classroom environment such as links to online materials, embedded educational videos. The blogs can also be used by teachers to gauge student progress and development. External sources such as Industry professionals can also be invited to comment and provided feedback.
The Blogger is presented in an online diary format where a teacher or student can post regular updates. The Blogger can be created by either a choosing a preset theme, or by customising the colours, layout, wallpaper (pictures), and font to suit the user. This layout can be changed at any time. The posts can be either saved in a draft format or published. Media can be embedded into the by blog copying the embedded HTML code from the original source and pasting the information into the HTML window within the blog. Other types of files that can be embedded include excel spreadsheets, tables from word documents, power point presentations to name a few. The blogger can also create hyperlinks to other websites by pasting the URL into the link option.
Teachers and students have the ability to comment and provide feedback on the blogs.
The blogger also has the option to set the security permissions on the blog. This can be used to increase privacy settings, and limit whom can view and access the blogs. There is also an option to use security passwords.
The SAMR concept can be incorporated into blogging in a number of ways. From a teachers perspective blogs can be utilised to substitute the use of folders containing students work, it can replace traditional newsletters, teachers can upload imagines or videos for the children and their families viewing, it enables teachers to share announcements and is an easier way to distribute homework and assignments. To transform teaching entirely students can engage with the teacher and others, blogging encourages students to leave feedback, opinions and other resources surrounding the topic being discussed as well as connecting students with experts and peers from around the world. From a students perspective they can utilise their own personal blog to upload written or typed assignments, documents, tests and worksheets and when learning is transformed completely they can use a blog as a natural extension to their learning allowing them to express their opinions, sharing information, links, along with giving and receiving feedback from teachers and peers.
References:
www.sydney.edu.au
http:/www.edjewcon.org/blogging-through-the-lens-of-samr
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