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Bloggen en e-portfolio in het onderwijs

Artikel 2: Bloggen en e-portfolio in het onderwijs
I was able to begin using extra ICT resources and blogs in my classroom as far back as 2005, in my first teaching job in Texas. Then, I was a Spanish teacher at a high school outside of Houston, and in order to communicate with students in a ‘fun and innovative way’ (in 2005, Myspace was still a thing, and Facebook had yet to be more than a campus curiosity) with posting things in a simple online forum, perhaps with a photo or two. I had a digital camera and Mac, and loved making short films with my students with small plays and scenes in Spanish they would write in class to perform for on camera. One such example I still have saved on YouTube, is from 2006, in which my 9th graders (15-16 year old at the time) interpret a scene from a then-popular American film, Dodgeball. The students’ performance is still fun to watch 13 years later, and I remember posting the different student films and photos to the blog for everyone to watch at home with their parents. At the time, this was perhaps the only example of this kind of ICT use in the area, so it was a big deal to bring into the semi-rural homes of the area. and more antiquated offices of my school’s management team!

YouTube, 2006.
Unfortunately, I do not have the blog link anymore, but with this example we can see how even way back then, the possibilities for adding creativity and potential for student motivation and participation allowed for a much more robust and exciting lesson series. I can recall that my students in this film were particularly motivated to translate the crass humor and jokes from the film into workable Spanish, and spent many hours running lines, researching dialogue and contemplating scene blocking--it was a rewarding experience for sure! Afterwards, the students would have a spot on the blog for their work, and could add to it in a sort of ‘e-portfolio’ in order to be able to look back on the year’s progress, and to continue working the next few years to add to it in subsequent Spanish lessons.

For the full film, click the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1LI7fK1fyQ

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