Connected Learners Share      A reflection on blogging.

 Simon Scott writes about the impact that students sharing their learning had on his delivery of writing.

Simon uses a 3-step guide for students to write a quality blog. 

He explains that surface features such as punctuation improved greatly and these needed less teaching time. His literacy teaching shifted away from worksheets that focussed on surface features to students reading other people's blogs and commenting or asking them questions about what they wrote. 

What will I trial with my students?

My very young students mostly read at a very basic level so their ability to read other blogs may be limited to start with. I think that blog posts they create could be very visual with images, video links, or slides they have created. In this way they will be able to engage and comment in their own simple way. 

What support would I need from the outreach facilitator?

As I am new to this type of programme I would need on-going assistance to not only set up my site and student blogs but also see exemplars of what other junior teachers have done with ipads.