In summary....

So what happened?

• Learners are writing from home for fun - including my previous 'non-writers'
• Writing levels are improving  

                  T1     T3

Below         15      6

At               6      12

Above        4        5

• Learners are writing constructive rather than just social comments for one-another
• Learners are aware of the succcess criteria and are using them to comment
• Learners are improving their work using constructive comments
• Learners ask for the opportunity to blog or comment
• Relationships have been developed between schools due to blog commenting

What next steps?

• Continue with individual student blogs
• Always establish a blog buddy class outside the school
• Reinforce the use of constructive comments rather than social
• Spread individual student blogging throught out the school
• Students use AKO approach and help other classes by giving constructive comments