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ePortfolio and Transition Opportunities
I only have a few ‘secondment’ months left. I’ve really enjoyed the experience and I’ve learned loads from it, too - once I found my feet -:) Although my remit is to provide ICT support to all stages,...
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A Class Blog Journey Continues
Three primary 6 stage children from Nethermains visited Carronshore just before the Easter break. They wanted to know how to add a Voki and Photopeach slideshow to their new eportfolios. The picture...
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A Brief Look at Building the Curriculum 5
The learning and Teaching website’s section on Building the Curriculum 5 : A Framework for Assessment states that: “Building the Curriculum 5 – A Framework for Assessment is the next step in providing...
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A Secondment Whirlwind Tour – 2 Years in 2 Minutes
I have less than 2 weeks left of my two year secondment as a Curriculum Support Teacher (the title has changed a few times since I first took up the post) and all the secondees who are leaving the...
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My ePortfolio Experiment Begins
Well, I’ve been back in class for eight whole days now (five of those with the children) and it’s been a busy time! I’m with a Primary 6 stage class and one of my goals in coming back to class was to...
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Glow Blogs Update .. Take 2
It’s been couple of weeks since I issued the class with their Glow Blog usenames and passwords (actually it was a phased programme, so some have only had theirs for a week). In that short space of...
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Glow Blogs and ePortfolios?
At the beginning of this school session, I set up Glow Blogs for my class and wondered if they could form part of an ePortfolio. Our Glow Blogs have been up and running for less than four weeks, so...
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Blogs, Wikis and Emergent Writers
I mentioned in my previous post that I was surprised at the unexpected lengthy pieces of writing on the children’s Glow blogs and wikis. I’ve been using the same strategy that I adopted previously...
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Pondering Our Online Spaces
Audience In my previous post I revisited my Chartered Teacher dissertation where I’d mentioned research by Stern (2007) who found that in her study, the main audience for young people’s blogs were the...
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Rambling On About ePortfolios Again
I’ve been pondering what needs to be done to create long-lasting ePortfolios for my class. They are in Primary 6 at the moment, and I need to be realistic and assume that the chances are that their...
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