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Leopold Primary School Year 4 Blog

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discussions Express ideas Rich Media Engaging learning BLOG TECHNIQUES Pages Sites for kids - Mathematics Blog Posts - about mathematics
(Pyon, 2008)

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and community discussions

Dear Mum, Thank you for leaving a comment on the blog! The maths games we have been playing at school are lots of fun. At the football I add up the points and goals as the players get them. I also add up how much we beat Collingwood by! From your daughter, Sophie (Morris & Jordon, 2012)

Metacognitive thinking
Teachers post multistep mathematics story problems Students reply using mathematics vocabulary, describing computations and strategies and expressing reasoning (Pyon, 2008)

Teachers post multistep mathematics story problems

Example: There is a duck in front of two ducks, a duck behind two ducks, and a duck between two ducks. What is the least number of ducks that there could be in a group? Explain your thinking? How did you get your answer?

Metacognitive thinking
Students post answers and explain their thinking Example: At first I got a piece of paper and pencil and tried to work it out. My first answer was nine though when I was looking over my answer I realised I didnt have the least amount of ducks there could be. So I realised that there can be three ducks but they had to be standing in the correct place. Which is one in front of the other (Ella).

(Rosenthal Tolisano, 2012)

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student directed discussion Posting multistep mathematics problems promotes higher level thinking Opportunities to reflect on learning Can create a culture of support Prompting family involvement (Pyon, 2008; Ross, 2011)

PROBLEM Advertising Bullying Defamation Liability Issues Fake Blogs

SOLUTION Use Edublogs Teacher must actively manage Blog

Teacher must actively manage Blog particularly any links to other Blogs Teacher must actively manage Blog vetting contributors and comments Model appropriate blogging etiquette Create Blogging Code of Conduct Add a web tool http://edte.ch/blog/2010/11/18/onlinedrawing-and-painting-tools/

Blogger Personal Safety Blogger Etiquette Inability to express drawn solutions

EDUBLOGS WEBSITE Edublogs Help

Edublogs Community

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http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/

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Pyon, S. (2008). Why math blogs? Teaching Children Mathematics, February, 331-335. Rosenthal Tolisano, S. (2012). Langwitches, from http://www.langwitches.org/

Ross, M. (2011). Creating digital partnerships with parents. Teaching Children Mathematics, November, 260-262.
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