This year has been a year of experimentation with WordPress – and Stage 4 have loved it!
I created a series of Online Tasks for each of my junior classes.
Method
• I surveyed the potential for internet based homework among my classes
• I started with simple video viewing and downloading of a PDF worksheet
• As my students grew more confident with this process I added online questions and answers, then online forms and finally listening to mp3’s and midi files
Outcomes
• All of my students completed the tasks and enjoyed their homework
• I was able to broaden their listening horizons and spark interest in multiple musical genres
• Parents became involved, commenting to me at parent teacher nights how they enjoyed completing homework with their children
• Students who were ‘computer illiterate’ quickly became proficient navigators of our school’s site Oxleylearning
Let me know if you enjoy them as well.
Oh, and make sure you are nice to your IT guy. I could not have done this without Tom March our WordPress expert.
Yr 7 Online Task – Famous Pieces By Wagner
