Student Blogging Challenge 2018

As discussed in the last post, I frequently call our classroom a learning community instead of a classroom. Learning is not an individual pursuit. We learn best by building on the knowledge of those who have come before us, by asking questions and sharing ideas with those around us, and by working collectively to challenge each of us individually. Learning is individual in that we each are at different stages in our learning and have different strategies that work best for us. However, even with that, we require the assistance and presence of other people to explore and verify our individual understanding.

If learning is better collectively, however, then how much more extensive could it be if we extended our community beyond the walls of our classroom? This is the advantage of using technology in our learning: when we blog, when we share our learning on social media, when we create videos and podcasts – all of these things allow us not only to share our learning with a wider, authentic audience but also reach out to others to develop our understanding and skills to the next level.

The Student Blogging Challenge will allow us to connect with people all over the world while we develop our writing skills and our learning. We’ll have the opportunity to explore digital citizenship, communication, and critical and creative thinking with a variety of different learning experiences. The challenge starts on October 7, and we hope you’ll join us!