Funny thing about data (or I’d like to call them stories) – when students are an intricate part of the conversation, it takes on a whole different meaning. Recently, I was with one of our Joint Teams (LSS/Classroom partners and Learning Technologies) focused on supporting learners with written output challenges. I had shared how we could incorporate audio, video, images, or word prediction using digital platforms as enhancers for students to record their understandings and how important it was to have snapshots of these over time. Using digital tools invited a dialogue about a place to collate the artifacts. Our “student blogfolios” allow students to share and hold their story digitally. A range of possibilities exist:
- access anytime anywhere by participants
- collaborative feedback in an organised focused manner
- connected communication between student, parent, teacher (of course anytime, anywhere)
- historic snapshots of whole child learning processes
Examples you ask? Grade 6/7 , Grade 4/5 , Grade 1 , Grade 8
Knowing your “why” aids in this journey. Without any advertising, our Learning Technologies team has seen this expand exponentially (yes we really only started a little over a year ago with a small pilot). The implications are huge as we attempt to work through what it means to communicate learning in different ways, to empower students to own their voice and story, to share these breakthroughs with parents in ways that allows for collaborative dialogue.
If you are interested in this, please contact any member of the Learning Technologies team or go straight to our FORMS page to apply.