C4Tp (Permanent) #3

The first C4Tp blog post I had to read for this week was Silvia Tolisano's The Possibilities of Student Blogging. On this blog she actually has a video talking about different ways that one of her colleagues, Andrea Hernandez, uses blogging in her classroom. One way that I thought was a great idea to use in the classroom is quad-blogging. With quad-blogging there are four different classrooms around the world that work with each other in blog posts. One class will write a blog bout something and the other three classes will comment on it different ways that the student can edit their post to make it better. Each week the classes switch out who writes the blog and who comments on them. I believe that this is a great way for students to improve their writing skills because they are getting more feedback from other students that are not only their classmates, but students from around the world. It also gives them the chance to meet other students.

The second C4Tp that I read for this week was Silvia Tolisano's Documenting FOR Learning.Mrs. Tolisano has always been a documenter and documents different things for her family. he says that documenting is heutagogy (a supporting piece for the study of self-determined learning) and pedagogy (a strategy, approach and technique to facilitate learning).  She gives a list of how she sees documenting including a process of intentional documenting serves a metacognitive purpose and being open for feedback. She later on lists different ways teachers, students and school can use documenting for learning. One point that is a way for teachers to use documenting is to make teaching available outside of the classroom for the students. The reason I like that one is because sometimes students forget to write something down during a lecture and want to find out what it was that they missed. One way students can use documenting is to become aware of their own learning growth. It is good for students to be able to see their progress in school.