Students who wanted to be blog commenters had to apply to me by submitting an application letter stating why they wanted to be blog commenters for the holiday learning programme. Out all the applicants who applied, I chose only four for the roles.
Their role:
Revise the Cybersmart challenge about making quality blog comments
Go to the blog posts posted by students and post a comment
Give points to the blog points they commented on
Meet with me regular during the holidays to discuss how the programme is progressing
Direct our team to a blog post they believe is worthy of golden points
Be strictly confidential about the points system and who the winners are
The photo above was taken during our meeting today. I am so proud to see how proud they are of their roles and more importantly, how empowered they are as leaders through this opportunity. The questions they raised during our meeting indicated to me that they have been thinking about their role throughout the week.
Some questions asked by the blog commenters
How do we record which blog we have commented on?
How many points do we give the blog posts and what are the criteria for the points?
Can we also participate in the holiday learning programme if we are the blog commenters?
When will we announce the winners in Term 4?
I am looking forward to the collaboration between our team during the holiday learning programme. We discussed that each blog comment they make will earn them some money and we will calculate their earnings at the end. We will also have a shared lunch to celebrate our team at the end however, there is a lot of work to be done before we cross the celebrating at the end bridge.
Referring back to the title of this post, giving students different opportunities to challenge themselves, learn from and collaborate with their peers and teachers are just some of the work we as teachers do to build our akonga.
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