Posterous versus homework noel jenkins

Posterous vs. Homework

Developing a social school learning network

From little homework acorns…

to an online course…

Student’s Posterous

Total ownership over content and designOwnership implies responsibility!

Making the learning net[work]

Benefits of Posterous• Ease of setting homework

• Assignments can make use of online content, You Tube etc

• Easy to attach documents, audio clips, photos etc.

• Cross platform (update from a phone / iPad etc)

• RSS Reader enables teacher to keep track of student’s work

• Comment only marking (at teacher’s convenience)

• Student is publishing for a real audience including parents, peers, other teachers, SLT, Ofsted etc.

• Learners more likely to improve their work after feedback

• Encourages uncontrived peer assessment and constructivist learning attitudes amongst learners

Cons of Posterous

• Home access to ICT issues

• No direct control over what student publishes

• Some will be reluctant to engage

• Plagarism

• Marking is done intermittently

• Chasing up non-compliance

• E-safety issues?

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Noel Jenkins October 2011

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