can discussion forums building literacy and engagement through an online community?

Discussion forums - literacy, community and identity

The Southport School• Established 1907• Boarding and day school - 1300 boys from 4-18 years old • Moodle & Mahara learning systems from 2010 – Using 2.2 shortly to move to 2.3

Looking at boy-friendly environment

• Less likely to do homework• Prefer competitive environments• We want real-world application of content• We want activities that allow ‘doing’, not listening ….

Moodle Discussion Forums @ TSSQuestions for us

1.Can forums help improve literacy levels ? 2.Do forums cater for boys?3.Forums, do they fit in with our school’s motto “learning to lead?”

Making sense of Discussion Forum Data

TSS Top 10 Reflections and Pedagogy on Moodle

Discussion Forums

Top Tip 10 Opportunities for pastoral care

• Charlie and Antonio’s story• “Charlie is right on the money with his

comments on this – I agree with him.”

Tip 9 Transparency, efficiency and fairness of homework

Everyone in the class is ‘on top’ of homework!

Early intervention for those not working

http://alyinlalaland.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/mess.html

Tip 8 Floundering is Fine

• Let them ‘Flounder Together’Little Mermaid

Spell Together

Areas where students need help identified

Tip 7 Teacher Collaboration

Tip 6 Keeping a Teacher Presence Online

Name online, praise them and talk to themWeaving them together group them where possible – encourage them to connect with each other“Will and James have made good points….What do others think?Or has anyone considered …….?”

Tip 5 Students taking teaching role

Tip 4 Publishing Forum – Peer Review

http://www.london-student.net/community/academia/peer-review-in-academia/

Tip 3 Encouraging some fun with emoticons and teaching tone of

voice online – important for awareness of cyber bullying

Tip 2 Use the forum in class and out of class time – and across the department

‘Off pitch and on pitch’ – the discussion forums can happen as part of the classroom teaching tool or as a tool for homework and revision

Professional Team Building• Connect professionally• Insight into classrooms• Connect with learning support staff - statistical

basis – how long / often students access online lessons and community

Tip 1 – The PB!- Competition• Gathering Stats = Generating Competition and checking who is ‘at risk’ and what

‘intervention’ can be taken early to avoid them falling behind. (from reports - course participation) Further stats with quizzes possible now.

Student who loves technology and wants to do better at English/not yet an A student

Student who loves English but very quiet

Student who struggles with English and very quiet

Student who struggles but and wants to do better

Top student/excellent ability

Top students/excellent ability

Top student/excellent ability

Statistics

• Reports - Logs • How many times do they go on and what are

they working on?• Let them see their progress• Working with instant feedback prompts

motivation

What do we know?Student’s time on his English homework :

Time logged -8.31-9.37

B+ Student

Over an hour

What did he do?-The pages he looked at, -How long he looked at them -That he posted on the site-Top diligence-Equity in talking about diligence ratings-Don’t have to rely on memory – stats do the job for you!

• Time this student logged onto English – starts at 3.59 finishes at 7.09 Monday 30 July 2012

• Results of a student working 3 hours 10 minutes on homework• IP address User full name Action Information Mon 30 July 2012, 7:09 PM quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:04 PM quiz continue attempt Act

One Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM quiz continue attempt Act One Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Act One Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:03 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 7:01 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:01 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:01 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:01 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:00 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:00 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 7:00 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:00 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:00 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 7:00 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:57 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 6:56 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:56 PM quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:56 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:56 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 6:56 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 6:09 PM 60.228.80.56 resource view Year 10 Course Planner Mon 30 July 2012, 6:02 PM 60.228.80.56 resource view Assessment Task Shakespeare: Scripted Oral Mon 30 July 2012, 6:02 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 5:15 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 5:15 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:15 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:15 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:15 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 5:06 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 5:06 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Act One Mon 30 July 2012, 5:06 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz attempt Act One Mon 30 July 2012, 5:06 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Act One Mon 30 July 2012, 5:06 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Act One Mon 30 July 2012, 5:05 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 5:05 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:04 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:04 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz continue attempt Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:04 PM 60.228.80.56 quiz view Spelling Week 1 Mon 30 July 2012, 5:00 PM 60.228.80.56 resource view Assessment Task Shakespeare: Scripted Oral Mon 30 July 2012, 4:59 PM 60.228.80.56 resource view Romeo and Juliet Workbook Mon 30 July 2012, 4:59 PM 60.228.80.56 resource view Romeo and Juliet Workbook Mon 30 July 2012, 4:58 PM 60.228.80.56 resource view A Quick Guide to Reading Shakespeare Mon 30 July 2012, 4:58 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 4:58 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:56 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view discussion Shakespeare Mon 30 July 2012, 4:56 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:56 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view discussion Who's Who in Romeo and Juliet Mon 30 July 2012, 4:56 PM forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:55 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view discussion The Spoiler - read on ! Mon 30 July 2012, 4:55 PM forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:55 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view discussion The Spoiler - read on ! Mon 30 July 2012, 4:55 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:55 PM 60.228.80.56 user view Jill Margerison Mon 30 July 2012, 4:55 PM 60.228.80.56 forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:54 PM forum view discussion Read and respond for homework Thursday 19th July Mon 30 July 2012, 4:53 PM forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 4:53 PM course view Y10:English Mon 30 July 2012, 3:59 PM forum view discussion Who's Who in Romeo and Juliet Mon 30 July 2012, 3:59 PM forum view forum Dr Margerison's Romeo and Juliet Discussion Forum Mon 30 July 2012, 3:59 PM 60.228.80.56 course view Y10:English

Literacy, Community and Identity TSS…….. Learning to Lead