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How does the teacher employ blog for the learning activity?
- He uses games to arouse interest of Maths through Maths [Pair #11]
- Learning through games and activity found on the website [Pair #16]
- The author has probably used the blog as the large resource depository. The page that we are directed to seems to capture the 'day-in-day-out' information that's posted for the pupils. In some posts, there is a hyperlink to the 'Main Topic' where a more thorough coverage of the topic can be found [Blog-within-blog] (eg. Dot Games - Linking Pairs is part of Paper and Pencil Games)
- An idea to structure blogs - Each huge topic can covered ina blog by itself. Subsequently, 'active blogs' (that's used with each individual classes) can be linked to this blog. This reduces the time and effort to duplicate content for each class. Also, the blog can be 'recycled' and each time, only one blog needs to be updated when there's another editing required.
How pupils participate in the activity?
- They can only read and feedback through emails [Pair #11]
- (a) Pupils can carry out activities found on the blog (b) Feedback through email possible [Pair #16]
- Yes, students probably just read the information delivered through the blog or they carry out the actvities posted in the blog (at home or during lesson).
- Pupils can ask questions by sending an email to the teacher (click at "Feedback"). Note that this email method may not be feasible if pupils do use web-based email accounts such as Gmail or Yahoo.
- No monitoring. Should allow students to post comments. Too much text, need some pictures to make it interesting [Pair #11]
- (a) Statistic column at the side of the blog "number of entries" (b) Feedback from email [Pair #16]
- Based on the design of the blog and the way the blog is used, the monitoring is most probably through the feedback/reaction elicited during face-to-face sessions in the classroom.
