![A tree with vivid orange and red autumn leaves stands on a grassy patch beside a parking lot with parked cars.](https://johnjohnston.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/carpark-cherry-1024x1024.jpeg)
I enjoy seeing it at the end of the working day. I won’t see this one for a week as the October week holiday starts.
I enjoy seeing it at the end of the working day. I won’t see this one for a week as the October week holiday starts.
I’ve now been running blogs with & for my classes since 2005. I still find them a really useful tool for teaching and learning. The focus and content has changed continually over the years.
Back in the noughties I was keen on having my class blog kept up by pupils (archive.org link).
I find this harder to organise now, not sure if it is my age, the demands of the curriculum or something else. Pupils in my class now post to their e-Portfolios1 and add pieces of work to the class blog which I collate into posts. I also pinch quotes from their e-portfolios for the class blog2.
Like my own blog here I still find my class blog a great resource to remember & review. Of course it is a curated view. Much depends on what I am finding most interesting at the time. I both enjoy reading back and use it as a tool when asked for feedback or a record of some sort.
I was somewhat cheered up by Matt Mullenweg’s birthday. Sometimes it feels like WordPress is focused on content management. Matt’s post show that blogging is still loved.
While content management is a main focus of Glow Blogs my love is blogging. I still think we are only scratching the surface of the use of WordPress in school3.
My class finished a wee podcast episode today. As usual I find this a very worthwhile exercise in class.
How I spent some time today. Water rockets in the rain.
The Biggies spent some time this morning building rockets, we gave them a test in the rain this afternoon. Great Camera Work Hollie! The slo-mo voices in the class sound strange! pic.twitter.com/IiXBLzXkKd
— Banton Primary (@Banton_Pr) June 28, 2022
Good Ruler – Bad Ruler https://dlvr.it/SRQy7N pic.twitter.com/ghtx9LJzW7
The Biggies had a bit of fun thinking about what that would do if they were good or bad rulers. Making graphics with layers, transparency, copyright free images, clip art an their own photos.
Good Ruler – Bad Ruler https://t.co/uxmOXAbphR pic.twitter.com/ghtx9LJzW7
— Banton Primary (@Banton_Pr) June 1, 2022
On April Fool’s day a pupil said to me, do you know we have been calling you Mr Johnathan all day. I had wondered why they were using my name so much! Need to get my ears tested.
My class have been working very independently on writing, recording & editing a podcast episode, published on glowblogs of course.
Out now Episode 5 of the Banton Biggies Podcast. Written, recorded, edited and published by the pupils in p6-7https://t.co/2rpeKtQnCS
— Banton Primary (@Banton_Pr) December 17, 2021