These tools allow for much greater information upload than would be possible without them and also a fantastic scope for communication and collaboration on any learning topic.
Blogs
Plus
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Minus
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Implications
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Record own
learning journey
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Excludes
those children without a PC at home
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Tasks
would be kept simple so that completion in class time is feasible, offer time
outside classes for these children
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Reflection
process
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“Reputation
control” issues with young people
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Password
protection and privacy locks a must
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Encourage
writing
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Technology
could be daunting for those with little experience
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Children
could work in pairs so experience can help inexperience.
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Tool for
assignment construction
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Possible
problems with poor readers/writers
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Spell
check could help with word recognition. Create a spelling blog with
applicable words for each child.
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In an early primary context, blogs could be used to encourage writing, visual spelling. On a class level, they could be used to document a class learning journey with prompted reflection for the comments. Artworks, videos, children's own research can all be uploaded or embedded to the blog.
Ref: http://b-7bobcats.blogspot.com.au/
Ref: http://www.aneverydaystory.com/feed/
Websites
Websites are a wonderful way to communicate with and keep participants up to date. They have a forum feature and links to social media for some interaction to occur. In an early primary context they could function as a newsletter or even curriculum information for families. Tabs/pages could be added to inform parents/carers of curriculum stages and class activities. This would be useful in instances like spelling development to explain the different stages and why children sound out words in particular ways. People wouldn't misinterpret their attempts as "bad spelling/bad teaching". I created a simple website in "Weebly" to introduce myself to website creation and functions available:
http://wheelbarrowupahill.weebly.com/#/
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