I’d just like thank David Warlick for the opportunity to Skype into his keynote in New York to discuss the benefits of blogging with students.
I hope the delegates received a little food for thought and enjoyed my Aussie accent 
Here are the dot points I made for the guest spot. I hope they made sense as the clock approached midnight here in Oz.
Chatting with Dave in NY
- increased motivation to want to write because of ‘audience’
- biggest ‘movers’ = special needs students – exposed to models of writing – motivated to finish pieces – love the feedback via comments
- draft process = winner – peers conferencing- discussion of writing – ‘How best to say something’
- real purpose – authentic audience
- teacher models problem solving – ‘If we are going to advocate producing lifelong learners then surely we need to demonstrate being one ourselves’ – ie How do you use this new technology? – uploading plays, podcasts, inserting pictures etc.
- Give this stuff a go – don’t be afraid to fail but fail forward.
cheers
Adrian
(Note to self – learn how to record Skypecasts hehehehe)
