On the Trails

Many teachers use a “ticket out of the classroom” system that concludes a lesson.  The teacher requires that kids write down something they learned. 

So, what not make that learned thought – public and archived. How……how about having kids post a comment to your blog.

When I taught third grade, I used to have the kids keep a graffiti “board” (piece of paper) on their desk and write or draw one thing they learned after each lesson.  They would then take this home at the end of the week and share what they have learned with mom and dad.

If kids were able to use a teacher’s blog to record what they have learned, it would have the following advantages over the paper copy: (I made up some words, but, hey, this is a blog)

1. archivable – things saved on the web can be referred to later
2. searchable
3. sharable – kids can share what they learned with their classmates, mom, dad, grandma, principal, and their pen pal in Slovakia
4. controllable – teachers can control what comments to publish
5. assessable – teachers can use this as a formative assessment tool
6. keyboardable – teachers can use this a keyboarding practice session

I am going to try out this idea this week – I would post the link to my graffiti blog in the comment section, after I set it up.

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