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Presented by Jeffrey Mattison and Jennifer Uhler at the 44th Annual TESOL Convention in Boston, Massachusetts on March 25, 2010.
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Technology Enhances Practice
Jeffrey Mattison, La Paz Middle School, Salinas, California
Jennifer Uhler, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
44th Annual TESOL Convention
Boston, Massachusetts
25 March 2010
The Context
The Project
The Reflective Device
The Set Up
The Future
� Personal Journals� http://teacherdudebbq.blogspot.com/
� Master Teacher Demonstrations� http://apprendre-anglais.blogspot.com/
� Knowledge/Skill Sharing� http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/
� Invisible� Privacy settings limit viewing to select audience
� Reflective
The Context: Teacher Blogs
Teacher Connections, Global Reflections
www.teachingwithoutborders.blogspot.com
� Time: 3 years
� Purpose:
� Reflect for professional development
� Discover features of teaching practice
� Have meaningful correspondence with colleagues
� Overcome professional isolation
� Outcomes:
� Increased self-awareness of teaching practice
� Increased connection with fellow blogging teachers
The Project
March 23, 2007 – January 1, 2010
� 100 posts: Jenn (49); Jeff (45); Others (6)
� Averages:
2007 43 posts
2008 27 posts
2009 30 posts� Comments
� Visitor Traffic
The Facts
What worked
What didn’t
Gap in reflective blogs
Why this worked in this format
The Outcomes
MonologueDialogue
Portable accessAccessible with Internet connection
Titles for each entryThematic using tags
Scannable artifactSearchable artifact
One authorMultiple authors
Private audiencePotential public audience
BLOGS JOURNALS
Interactive Static
Considerations:
� Ethics� Platform
� Structure
� Format, frequency, commenting, commitment
� Multimedia
Ethics
� Maintain confidentiality of
� School
� Students
� Colleagues
� Separate school and personal access to
� Comply with district/institute AUP
� Limit liability for inappropriate access
� Respect others’ intellectual property
� Linking to web content
� Posting student work
(Ray and Hocutt, 2006)
Platform
Platform
Descriptive of event or issue <objective>
Commentary & Reaction <subjective>
Questions to focus the response <dialogical>
The Structure
Reinforcing Academic Vocabulary (Jeff)
Tuesday, October 13, 2007
� Prologue: “I tried a gallery walk…”
� The Lesson: “First period was able to review… Then, I orally reviewed words… Next…
� Reflection: “I knew I did something right because 1st period’s
students had smiles… Was I just not doing enough handholding example-giving for the 5th period kids?”
� Questions: “ Once again, behavior management is the first and biggest hurdle. Do you have any tips for instruction
giving?”
� Ranting vs. deep reflection
� Equal commitment
� Clear purpose of blogging
� Frequency & length
� Supportive, constructive, timely comments
Multimedia
� Potential to add
� Youtube video of teaching
� Audio recording
� Slide shows
� Hotlink to other teacher blogs
� Illustrations
Finding community in the public sphere
… and then more privately
New Address
Use pseudonyms
More peer authors
The Semi Private Option
(2010)
The Public Option (2006-
2009)
The Private Option (2009-
2010)
Wider potential audience
TESOL Community Building
Search-able
Motivation
Also available to Colleagues,
Students, Supervisors,
Parents, Community
Professionalism
Safety
Safer
Invited (Known)
Community
Less motivation?
Interested teachers cannot
find
Can you imagine participating in a reflective teaching blog? Why or why not?
Jeffrey Mattison
Jennifer Uhler
*For a list of selected reflective teaching and blogging references,
please email us!
*For more details on the reflective outcome of our teaching blog,
visit our presentation on March 27 at 3:00 PM in Room 204B.