Building our class learning community
In free inquiry time some children wanted to go to the KC blog to look at the videos and photographs documenting their learning journey. After they had looked at recent posts on the KC blog, Kieran and Jaiden went the KP blog to see what the KP children were up to.
The latest post on the KP blog explained how Ruby, Scarlett and their mum were doing some internet research and found alphabet songs on YouTube. Ruby thought that the other children in her class might like to watch the videos so her mum emailed the links to Zoe. The children in KP asked Zoe to put the videos on the blog so they could share this learning resource with others.
Kieran and Jaiden liked the videos and thought that they would be useful for the rest of the children in KC since we are also learning about sounds. They shared the post with everyone in KC. The children in KC asked if I could post the videos on their blog as well, so their parents could learn the songs.
The KC children liked the alphabet videos so much that they asked me to tweet the link in case other children were learning about letters. Another Kindergarten class on the other side of the world tweeted back to say that they really liked the video because that’s just what they were learning about! The KC children tweeted back to ask them if they had any other good ideas for learning letters. We are waiting for their reply.
Since then we have received comments on our blog from several continents. One teacher in Australia made a QR code for our blog post so her students can find it independently. This has prompted me to explore possibilities with QR codes -a new area of learning for me!
This is a delightful example, initiated and followed up by students, of how class learning networks can support learning, for both students and teachers.
September 11th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
I liked the video because it has all kinds of letters and I found all of the letters in my name. Thank you Ruby and Scarlett
September 11th, 2012 at 8:31 pm
I like Jaiden and Kieran sending this to our class. it was really awesome to listen to and it was really exciting to watch it. Bye see you soon, Albe
September 11th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Hello KC – we are the Woodpeckers – thank you for your comment on our blog we have left you an answer there. We like your blog too and we will soon be learning how to leave comments on your blog on our own.
We are amazed how far away you live from us.
We have got a webcam now and we would like to talk to you too.
September 12th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Dear KC – my class K2-V in Saudi Arabia have listened to this wonderful song. We want to say they enjoyed this. Paula asked me to tell you “She learned about it.”
Thank you for sharing!
September 16th, 2012 at 11:04 am
To Paula: Do you know any good songs for us? From Scarlett and Jaiden
September 18th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Hello Tasha and class,
Not only has Ruby, Scarlett and their Mum shared that great little video with you, they have now share it with my Grade Prep Class in Australia. We learnt to read qr codes today. I created the qr code, printed it out on a piece of paper, then students found Qrafter which is a QR reader on the class set of iPads. It took them to this blog link and hey presto! They also watched and enjoyed the videl Thanks a lot!
September 19th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
I liked this very much.
September 20th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Dear Anne, you have inspired me to bite the QR code bullet! I have been putting it off for some time. Time to get my head around QR codes. Thanks for the nudge : )