Room Nine

I registered for this challenge because I have used individual student blogs under the umbrella of our class blog for two and a bit years now. The aim is to encourage my students to use the Inquiry Learning Approach to study a topic of their own choice related to the class one. They usually have term to do this and I assess it online (unofficially) at the end of term. The students really like the the way that they can personalise their blogs and they enjoy sharing them – two students a day – with the rest  of the class. The students also independently learn a lot about their topic as they research the internet, post the answers to their questions and post pictures and videos from You Tube – especially the latter.

I just want to explore Edublogs to discover ways that I can use Blogs that I haven’t been aware of. I hope that I will then be able to enhance my students’ experiences as well so that they get a deeper understanding of their learning.

The part of blogging that I have found difficult has been setting up the individual student blogs under the Room 9 class blog, although I have to say that my understanding is improving!!

The part that I don’t seem to able to manage is to delete an student’s blog once they have moved on. I don’t really want to do this in case they want to continue blogging, but if I keep the number under 50 then I can continue without having to move to Campus which is outside the realms of possibility at St. Patrick’s at the moment. I don’t seem to get the email to confirm the deletion??

This is the earthquake that happened in Napier in 1931

This term you get to choose your own topic and post the results on here!

The topic for this term is Maori Leaders.

Welcome to Blogs.stpatta.co.nz. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

Rewi Maniapoto challenging Lieutenant General Duncan Cameron's forces to attack!

You need to choose someone to study!

Then you need to say why you chose that person.

Next you need to write your big question.

Last you need to publish their biography once you have shown me the draft!

have fun!

Now that you have all the preparation done, you need to be finding answers and posting these on your Blog.

Here is the Sun as seen from space.

You have to study other ways of making electricity. Once you have made a choice post:

1. A picture of your energy source

2. Why you chose your topic.

3. Your big question

4. Your study questions – at least ten of them.

Hi everybody!

Now you need to be putting up some of your questions in your Maungatautari clearfile and the answers to them.