Comments on: Blogging@School Parent Night

By: alexanderhayes

alexanderhayes — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:01:25 +0000

Perhaps this would suffice as a topic / them for the upcoming http://mobilizethis.wikispaces.com event.

It sure is a great achievement Graham.

By: denisejf

denisejf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:36:48 +0000

Hi Graham, I downloaded your notes on your parent night. thank you so much for making them available to us. I feel like I am a toddler on the blogging road but for me that is half the fun! I was surprised by how many of my students already are using the net as their social network, they have just started putting up their addresses on the class grafitti board – which one day I hope to use on or class blog. I thought I might start with a note home to parents and ask if they want an info night. Thanks again for sharing your passion and expertise! Regards Denise

By: Arron

Arron — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:04:18 +0000

Thanks for this information. I just happened to come across your blog and found it fascinating.

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:52:10 +0000

@everyone Thanks for all of your feedback and comments. I just want to answer Martin’s question about the parental knowledge base. There wasn’t a large group there but all had the mindset of wanting to be more informed about blogging as a learning tool. The knowledge seemed to range from “This is the first I’ve heard of a blog and I want to know exactly what it is and how it works” to a parent who works in a sector focussed on ICT within the public service and was more focussed on how Web 2.0 ideas were being used in our classrooms and whether what we are doing was commonplace practice in schools, our own initiative or part of a push forward by our department. The parents also ranged from those who are quite nervous and have many reservations about their child’s involvement in anything online to those whose viewpoint was well, my kids are already out there and now I have some idea about what they might be up to.

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By: Darci J. Harland

Darci J. Harland — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:34:44 +0000

Graham,
Thanks for posting both the slide show and your Google docs. I teach college students, future teachers, and have been working hard to get them to understand that the same tools they use for their social lives, can make their way into the classroom. I’m amazed and how many never even considered it! I’ve diigo’d your page, in hopes of sharing it with students this fall. This will be helpful, because that audience of your presentation was parents of your students, and my future teachers will be able to see it from that perspective. Thanks again

By: anna

anna — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:12:57 +0000

hi from italy, very nice and useful presentation. a very goody example of blogging in education

By: Usefulness & Value : alexanderhayes

Usefulness & Value : alexanderhayes — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:42:02 +0000

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By: ken rodoff

ken rodoff — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:01:05 +0000

echo, echo…

me like-y!

Good stuff, sir!

Seriously, a solid, substantive example of blogging in education.

By: Martin Pluss

Martin Pluss — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:56:19 +0000

Good model for a presentation to parents. Covers all the issues well. what was the knowledge base fo the parent body like?

cheers Martin