A J OURNEY OF A THOUSA ND MIL ES BEGINS WITH A SINGL E STEP… Starpath Partners’ Day Tuesday 12 September 2017
AN INTR ODUCTION o Gatineau te m ā unga K K o Mississippi te awa ames Telford Sterling t ō ku t ī puna K o J o Williamson-Sterling t ō ku iwi K o Williamson t ō ku hap ū K N ō A lmonte, Canada ahau o Ron r ā ua, ko L eslie ō ku m ā tua K llyson Williams(on) t ō ku ingoa K o Rachel A
THE CHALLE NG E Year 4 data; Year 5 data; Year 6 data; Year 7 data; Year 8 data; Year 9 data; Norm; Baseline
STE P 1. PROPOSE A SOL UTION
A DIG ITAL BLOG G ING P R OG R AMME TIM IME LIN INE : : 2 Y EA RS G G O OALS: (1) To design an interesting and engaging blogging programme for students (2) To successfully implement the programme in schools (3) To improve the writing and reading ability of student participants P P A AR TICIP P A ANTS: : Y EA R 4-8 MA NA IA K L A NI SCHOOL * STUDENTS * Schools have adopted a digital pedagogy
S TE P 2 . DESIGN A PROGRA MME
THE P ILOT P R OG R AMME 1. Met with teachers/students + literature review 2. Designed the programme Hosted on Google+ site Responses posted on school-sponsored blog sites Thematic Flexible Numerous activity choices (n = 45 -60 activities) V ariety of activity categories Responsive Daily contact with expert commenter, teachers and students Incentivized Indicators Efficacy [Impact] Frequency of Usage Enjoyment Summer/Winter L earning J ourney site
THE P R OG R AMME WE BS ITE
P R OG R AMME CONTE NT
S AMP LE ACTIVITY – WEEK 1
S AMP LE ACTIVITY – WEEK 2
S AMP LE ACTIVITY – WEEK 3
STE P 3. IMPL EMENT + EV A L UA TE
R E SULTS – STUDENT ENGA GEMENT • Students completed 119 blogs in Week 1, 84 blogs in Week 2 and 58 blogs in Week 3 for a total of 261 b 261 blog p posts • Research team blogged back with students, replying to every single blog comment for a total of 261 c 261 comments • Overseas bloggers (recruited to participate) blogged with students. They produced a total of 128 b 128 blog c comments . participants posted 43 c 43 comments on their fellow participant’s blogs • SL J TO TOTA TAL B BLOG P OSTS TS/COMME NTS TS = 693
R E SULTS -IMPA CT Figure I. E-asTTle test scores for Summer L earning J ourney participants and matched control (baseline) over three consecutive terms. Note: Students were matched on school, year level, gender, ethnicity and Term 4 2015 e-asTTle overall literacy scores.
S TE P 4. REFL ECT ON THE RESUL TS
How do we increase student participation and engagement in the holiday blogging programme?
E S TABLIS H ‘P R INCIP LE S OF E NG AG E ME NT’ 1. CONCEPTUA L DESIGN – L EA RN, CREA TE, SHA RE 2. A DV ERTISING + RECRUITMENT 3. PROGRA MME CONTENT [CURRICUL UM] 4. COMMENTING NETWORK 5. A CCESS 6. A CK NOWL EDGING PA RTICIPA TION
S TE P 5. RE-DESIGN THE PROGRA MME
WINTE R LE AR NING J OUR NE Y Theme: Olympics Participants: Y ear 4-8 students from Pt England, Panmure Bridge, Glenbrae, St Pius X, Ruapotaka and Stonefields G G O OALS (1) Raise programme profile across cluster (1) Double participant numbers (schools, individual students) (1) Double rate of online activity (blogging) and commenting (1) Promote literacy learning over the holiday period Olympic rings -http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/questions/8885/how-can-i-draw-the-olympic-rings-with-mathematica
S TE P 6. IMPL EMENT A ND EV A L UA TE
R E SULTS – STUDENT ENGA GEMENT Wint nter Learni ning ng J J our urne ney Sum ummer L Learni ning ng J our urne ney No. of participating schools = 6 [2.0] Number of participating schools = 3 No. of registered students = 257 [5.1] No. of registered students = 50 No. of active participants = 138 [6.0] No. of active participants = 23 Total no. of activity blog posts = 1350 [5.2] Total no. of activity blog posts = 261 Total no. of comments (students) = 451 [10.5] Total no. of comment (students) = 43 Total no. of comments (Rachel) = 886 [3.4] Total no. of comments (Rachel) = 261 Total activity = 2651 posts/comments [3.8] Total activity = 693 posts/comments
S TE P 7. REFL ECT A ND RE-DESIGN
DE S IG N AN ‘INF OR ME D’ P R OG R AMME General Design + Content • Travel and A dventure theme ~ 10 countries • Open for duration of holiday • Four weeks of activities, three activities per day (n = 60 activities) • Points per activity (Standard/Bonus) and per comment A dvertising and Recruitment • Parental information sessions • Individual site visits • Multilingual advertisements Commenting • Researcher • University students (2) • Former programme participants (2) • Manaiakalani school students • International contingent*
DE S IG N cont’d… A ccess • Partnered with local libraries A cknowledgement of participation • ‘ Top 3 bloggers’ design • Certificates, online badges
S TE P 8 . EV A L UA TE UPDA TED PROGRA MME
S UMME R LE AR NING J OUR NE Y 2.0 1. EV IDENCE OF STUDENT ENGA GEMENT • Significant, sustained 2. EV IDENCE OF STUDENT ENJ OY MENT • Personal tributes, emails IDENCE OF STUDENT L EA RNING + A CHIEV EMENT 3. EV • L iteracy learning and achievement 4. EV IDENCE OF SCA L A BIL ITY • TA K A – L ower Hutt Council SL J programme • Wild L ab L td., Wellington (NZ on A ir) • National, Regional libraries
S TUDE NT E NG AG E ME NT Sum ummer L Learni ning ng J our urne ney 2.0 Sum ummer L Learni ning ng J our urne ney No. of participating schools = 9* [3.0] No. of participating schools = 3 No. of registered students = 387 [7.7] No. of registered students = 50 No. of active participants = 141 [6.1] No. of active participants = 23 Total (activity blog posts) = 2439 [9.3] Total (activity blog posts) = 261 Total (student comments) = 1493 [34.7] Total (student comments) = 43 Total activity = 3932 posts/comments [12.9] Total activity = 304 posts/comments
‘HAR D -TO-REA CH’ STUDENT ENGA GEMENT
S TUDE NT E NJ OY ME NT
S TUDE NT LE AR NING
S TUDE NT ACHIE VE ME NT -WRITING Figure 2. Differences in mean, standardised e-asTTle writing scores from the norm for Summer L earning J ourney (full programme) participants and matched control students over three consecutive terms. Note: B2016 = Term 1 2016; E2016 = Term 4 2016; B2017 = Term 1 2017
S TUDE NT ACHIE VE ME NT -REA DING Figure 3. Differences in mean, standardised PA T reading scores from the norm for Summer L earning J ourney (full programme) participants and matched control students over three consecutive terms. Note: B2016 = Term 1 2016; E2016 = Term 4 2016; B2017 = Term 1 2017
S TE P 9 . REFL ECT (A GA IN)…
How do we promote sustained engagement in the holiday blogging programme?
S TE P 10. RE-DESIGN, RE-L A UNCH and RE-EV A L UA TE
WINTE R LE AR NING J OURNEY 2.0 Theme: A K iwi Road Trip Participants: A ll 10* English medium primary/intermediate schools in MK G G O OALS (1) Promote literacy learning over the holiday period (2) Raise programme profile across cluster (3) Maintain school involvement Map of New Zealand https ://img1.etsystatic.com/055/0/10492583/il_ 570xN.736349717_ iptr.jpg (4) Increase student participants by 25% [over previous WL J /SL J ] (5) Increase rate of blogging + commenting by 25% [over previous WL J ]
S TUDE NT E NG AG E ME NT Win inter L r Learn rnin ing Summe mmer Win inter L r Learn rnin ing Summe mmer J our urne ney 2.0 Learni ning ng J our urne ney (P ilot) Learni ning ng J our urne ney 2.0 J our urne ney (P ilot) Lengt gth of of p progr ogramme 2 w week eeks 6 weeks 2 w week eeks 3 weeks Number o r of part rtic icip ipatin ing 10* 10* 6 9 3 school ools Number er o of reg egister ered ed 500 500 257 257 350 50 stude udent nts Number er o of active e 245 245 138 138 141 23 participa pa pant nts Number of of b blog p og pos osts 2438 2438 1350 1350 2432 261 Numb mber of comme mments 2739 2739 451 451 1493 43 Tota tal A Acti tivity ty 5177 p 5177 pos osts 3925 posts 1801 p 1801 pos osts 304 posts
What is possible? Does this programme, or one like it, have the potential to boost the achievement of students attending: a) Schools without a strong digital focus? b) Secondary schools/Colleges? c) Rural schools? d) Y our students? Why? Why not?
What is possible? If you were asked to design a digital blogging programme for your students, what theme would you choose? What kind of activities would your students would most enjoy? (E.g. creative writing, poetry, etc)
Anything is possible… We will continue to do what we can to help our students realise their full potential through improved access to, and participation in, literacy learning opportunities over the holiday. We will get there… One step at a time.
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