This must be the first proper blog entry I have written in quite some time. Other than linking relevant articles and videos, I have not had a minute to sit down and write something "proper".
so the new academic year is off to a good start. Level 1s appear mature and keen and have hit the ground running with a couple of projects that will keep them busy for this Semester. Level 2s are starting to get into the swing of things and we have two new additions to the fold. level 3s are full of spirit and should hopefully hit the industry full-pelt come June.
One key new initiative that took some time to perfect is the composition of Level blogs. Let me explain, Each level (or year group) has their own blog that I manage. At first it took some thinking to work out how best to display all the students's entries without there being a heap load of admin work for me to do. Working within the confines of Blogger I feel this is now running smoothly. Each student has their own blog (it doesn't matter who the Blog provider is, but the group blog is on Blogger), and their blog is added to the "Blogs I follow" window on the group blog. This appears as the main window, each blog is identified by a hyper-linked student name, a thumbnail and the first 2 lines of their latest entry. They are ranked synchronically so the most recently updated one shows at the top of the list. The reader can then link to an individual log and read the full article. This is easy to manage and assess as there is a date and time stamp for all entries so I can see who's done what and when.
No worries so far because overall entries have been interesting and engaging. Tippexx seems to be the hottest trending topic, particularly amongst Level 3, but they are all a good start.
Look for yourselves:
Level 1:
http://trendsandvisualthinkingabm.blogspot.com/
Level 2:
http://abm-level-2.blogspot.com/
Level 3:
http://abm-level-3.blogspot.com/
I'll try and link the most interesting ones each week.
Level 3's rock
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