Based on the success and the excitement that the class experienced in February blogging with students at Arapahoe High School regarding author Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind, we decided to try the technology out for ourselves. We had our first live online discussion take place today in the computer lab, facilitated by Mr. B.!
For the past two weeks we have discussed how our government is organized into three separate, but equal branches: Judicial, Legislative, and Executive. In order to deepen our understanding of this concept, we decided to investigate how a bill becomes a law.
Mrs. S. revealed that she follows bills that are introduced at the state Capitol and she had a bill that we might be interested in learning more about: HB 08-1357.
Prior to our conversation today, we viewed an archived video (thank you Mrs. S.) of a debate that occurred in August concerning possible changes to the CSAP (Colorado Student Assessment Program) test. Based on written responses that the class generated (worksheet can be found on the wiki) while they watched the video of the debate, we decided that they were ready to try out live blogging on the bill.
What appears above is a transcript of our class-wide conversation. The end of the transcript reveals some strengths, questions, and frustrations that the class had with our first trailblazing online discussion.
Overall, I believe that the thirty minutes was a well-spent intensive learning experience for everyone who was involved. All students posted comments or questions at some point and said that they would like to continue to use this online, live tool instead of solely relying on the wiki discussion tab. Watch this space for additional content in the future!
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