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|title=Enquiry Blogger | |title=Enquiry Blogger - students categorise their blog posts | ||
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|description= Consider a scenario where a class works on their individual {{tag|blog}}s but also use this tool to categorise their posts. Using it they | |description= Consider a scenario where a class works on their individual {{tag|blog}}s but also use this tool to categorise their posts. Using it they may express how they are doing. The resulting blog displays a diagram to show how many times each category has been used by learners. Colours show which categories are most popular and a click takes the user to those posts. This is a set of plugin tools that can be added to Wordpress. Developed by the Open University Knowledge Media Institute, and University of Bristol’s Centre for Systems Learning & Leadership. Another plugin in this set will generate blogs for a whole cohort. EnquiryBlogger is at [http://learningemergence.net/tools/enquiryblogger/ http://learningemergence.net/tools/enquiryblogger/] | ||
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|specs=Web tool | |specs=Web tool that runs as a {{plugin}} within the {{tag|WordPress}} blogging platform | ||
|Link=http://learningemergence.net/tools/enquiryblogger/ | |Link=http://learningemergence.net/tools/enquiryblogger/ | ||
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Snapshot preview of a presentation explaining the rationale for Enquiry Blogger | |||
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Snapshot preview of diagrams that show the popularity of categories used by students | |||
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Tool Description Consider a scenario where a class works on their individual blogs(tool) but also use this tool to categorise their posts. Using it they may express how they are doing. The resulting blog displays a diagram to show how many times each category has been used by learners. Colours show which categories are most popular and a click takes the user to those posts. This is a set of plugin tools that can be added to Wordpress. Developed by the Open University Knowledge Media Institute, and University of Bristol’s Centre for Systems Learning & Leadership. Another plugin in this set will generate blogs for a whole cohort. EnquiryBlogger is at http://learningemergence.net/tools/enquiryblogger/ (edit)Consider a scenario where a class works on their individual blog(i)s but also use this tool to categorise their posts. Using it they may express how they are doing. The resulting blog displays a diagram to show how many times each category has been used by learners. Colours show which categories are most popular and a click takes the user to those posts. This is a set of plugin tools that can be added to Wordpress. Developed by the Open University Knowledge Media Institute, and University of Bristol’s Centre for Systems Learning & Leadership. Another plugin in this set will generate blogs for a whole cohort. EnquiryBlogger is at http://learningemergence.net/tools/enquiryblogger/
Teaching Approach. Enquiry blogger is a set of plugins for the blogging(tool) platform WordPress. Users are asked to tag their posts on an inquiry(ta) project, and these tags can be analysed and visualised(ta) to support student progress through their project. (edit)
| Tool details | |
| Title | Enquiry Blogger - students categorise their blog posts |
| Topic | [[Topics/Blogs|Blogs]] |
| Licence / Cost / Platform | Web tool that runs as a Template:Plugin within the WordPress(i) blogging platform |
| Subject / Categories | ToolInfo, Blogs, Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls |
| Teaching Ideas / Links | |
| Link | |
Snapshot preview of a presentation explaining the rationale for Enquiry Blogger
Snapshot preview of diagrams that show the popularity of categories used by students
