In the first seven days 103 comments have been made on my learners' blogs. It is important to note that all comments left are being counted. I'm also commenting (leading by example), and other teachers at Pt England have also commented.
It is hard to know exactly what has made a difference and encouraged these comments. Obviously my learners are encouraging their whanau to comment which is most noticeable in the four girls who are leaping ahead. However other comments are being made by Nana's, mothers and older siblings which is great to see and could be attributable to the help sheet sent home just over a week ago. Importantly, my "help" video has been viewed 14 times and I would hope that some of these views were by whanau as they learnt how to comment.
It is also great to see some of my learners starting to respond to the comments, and this is a focus over the coming weeks in class - how to create a positive digital footprint.
It will be interesting to see over the coming weeks if the trends demonstrated in the first week of the challenge continue and how I can motivate my learners to ensure they continue prompting and encouraging their whanau to be involved. We are also about to look at blog commenting in class so we will be able to comment effectively on our peers blogs - hopefully creating additional motivation for my learners to write.
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