As part of our computing lessons this year, we wanted to be able to live blog some events in our classrooms. We currently do not have class blogs and were wondering how our goal of Live Blogging could be met.
We decided Padlet would be a good platform, that the children are familiar with, to give Live Blogging a go.
So, we set up a Padlet page. We stuck a large QR Code linking to the page on the wall of the classroom. First thing in the morning, we handed the first child in the register an iPad device and gave them an instruction of, "Scan that code and in the next twenty minutes, write about what you do. After that, pass on the iPad device to the next person in the register."
It worked very well. Using one Padlet wall allowed the day's event to all be in one place. The children's familiarity with QR Codes, iPad devices and Padlet allowed them to blog unaided. The results were good and we even got some comments from those who came across our Live Blog. The posts to the page were moderated by the class teacher.
Here's Year Five's day from 18/05/15:
One class, who came across our Live Blog, also chose to carry out their own a few days later and that can be seen here.
If you give it a go, we'd love to see the outcome.
If you give it a go, we'd love to see the outcome.
Follow our live blog http://t.co/shcRColVeL thanks @ThisIsLiamM for the idea.— Robin Smith (@RAS1975) May 20, 2015
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