Having a individual blogs created as part of a class/school wide umbrella, is valuable. Children can record learning, make suggestions to others and generally explore aspects of a topic that we may be covering in the classroom and most of all share this information. So how do teachers assess that children are able to do this effectively and are able to create a sense of connection with the information and that is is used in meaningful ways?
Terry Freedman addresses the need to "Ask the children" and through assessing children's own blogs.. i think it is vital to, ask the children. This is an essential part of assessing ICT. Its is not straight forward and does need a considerable amount of considerations.
http://terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/article_1173.php
He suggests to use blogs to facilitate feedback from your students to you, and from them to each other, and from them to parents. This is connecting children with their families, making learning more valuable and real.
Children can take charge of their learning to be assessed and by Involving them in any surveys that I undertake. Not just answering the questions, but helping to come up with the right questions in the first place.
Through their sights teachers can gather information about task the teacher may set, such as, Ask children to create how-to guides and posters for using the educational technology equipment and software. This will help the teacher gather how much is understood by the students.
Students could write articles for your school website, newsletter etc.
"Making the pupils your partners rather than trying to merely "do it to them" can help to create a much richer educational experience for everyone" (Freedman, 2007).
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