"The PBC is a community of primary teachers that want to share their students' learning via their classroom blog and their students' personal blogs. Classrooms will be grouped with 3 or 4 other classrooms from around the globe."
I still would like to see what the outer circle would look like if the students were on Today's Meet - discussing in real-time what is happening in the inner circle. That is a group I want to help dissect the thinking while it is occurring. It would be a great way to model and help students stay engaged.
Perhaps this is where video comes in - they can communicate either face-to-face or process and then submit commentary electronically. One way is not better than the other and you need both to be successful in life.
A very interesting article about how Twitter can be one source of opening up shared communication and learning in this social platform. We are only as good as the combined learning of the team. Thought provoking!
Looking for a way to gain public audience for students Ages 13-18? Take a look at the monthly competitions in Write the World! If students submit in the first week they receive feedback on their work! Join a community of writers.
"Self-Organized Learning Environments (SOLEs) are created when educators and/or parents encourage kids to work as a community to answer their own vibrant and challenging questions by using the internet."
"Google Classroom lets you easily manage assignments, communications, and many other facets of daily classroom life right from the comfort of the apps and web tools you were already using."
Even though this article specifically is discussing the use of smartphones, it fails to mention these are online tools...so in the world of 1:1 we could capture some of these pieces in our pilot.
“The Five C’s.” Collaborate, communicate, create and coordinate/curate
These aren’t single tools to “try,” but news ways to think about how learners access media, how educators define success, and what the roles of immense digital communities should be in popularizing new learning models.
None of it is really complicated—it just requires new thinking.
This is definitely something we need to consider when working with students in the digital transformation program. There are times when they need to just focus on a project and get something done instead of bouncing from piece to piece. Good food for thought!