Positive Blogging Experiences

Beginning the blogging journey has seen positive results for our learners with identified needs in writing.

Our small group of learners (majority boys) identified that they needed support with ideas and organisation, voice and vocabulary... also - what PURPOSE was writing serving them?

Blogging has seen increased engagement as these writers are aware of their audience - they are keen to post to get a genuine reply... especially from a learner at the same age and stage as them.

An identified learner actively wanting to share his
QuickWrite on his blog.  He chose to type out
his writing as well.

By viewing our buddy class blogs as part of Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu, our learners are seeing that writing does not necessarily equate to pages of 'writing in a book'.  Writing can take the form of a short blog post about their learning of any sort; a thoughtful and positive blog comment to another learner; a quick review of a book they are reading; a retell or explanation of a reading group activity.


More of our learners with identified needs are actively seeking out opportunities to share their learning - writing has become the 'by-product' of blogging!