Our student blogs have quickly evolved from places where students posted examples of their favourite pieces of writing to being in some cases fully fledged eportfolios. While initially much of this evolution was teacher driven the students soon all contributed and pushed the process with their enthusiasm, creativity and desire to experiment. Another important factor was their clear sense of ownership of the blogs and their excitement as they shared any new discoveries with each other.
For links to current and past student blogs follow the links on the right hand side bar. You’ll also find links to other MPPS class blogs.
For examples click on the following links (they all demonstrate the potential of blogs as digital portfolios):
http://grace2012.global2.vic.edu.au
http://eliza2010.global2.vic.edu.au/, http://matthew2011.global2.vic.edu.au/, http://edna2010.global2.vic.edu.au/,
http://caitlin2011.global2.vic.edu.au/
For examples of the power of the conversations students can have through their blogs go to:
http://josh2010.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/10/24/term-4-project-first-write/#comments
and
http://josh2010.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/09/23/our-family-pets/#comments
Finally check out this conversation thread between Afrah, one of my previous grade 4 students, and a 100WC mentor responding to one of her short stories:
http://afrah2013.global2.vic.edu.au/2012/10/23/100-word-challenge-week-6/#comments

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