Collaboration in Making Bulletin Board - I

  To start my new semester with my 6 graders, I set up my mind to apply Blended Learning to the class. The emphasis of Blended Learning is on setting an online learning environment where they can share, create, verify and assess their own ideas in addition to an offline learning environment. One of the perks they can enjoy online compared to offline learning is they are not bound to time, path and place but free to do anything they couldn't do in a brick-and-mortar environment.

  Anyways, out of many useful and helpful sites, for example, Wedorang, Facebook, Google+ and Classting, I found Classting to be most applicable because of its convenience in joining the site: no age limit, no complicated admission process and user friendly and intuitive menus.

  To break the ice and let students know each other in a short time, I thought pushing them into a world of collaboration might work so I started from a small thing: Making a Bulletin Board.

  First, I asked their thought on making a bulletin board in class using Classting. Students shared their ideas on it and some students uploaded some examples to make it clear. 

  After collecting general thoughts on making a bulletin board, I categorized the thoughts and systemized them using OKmindmap with students. After discussing on what to do, they were assigned to each part.

  As of now, Mar, 9, students are sharing their ideas in group on the site

Will continue soon.