Tuesday 26 June 2007

Parents as scaffolders

A couple of years ago now, I contacted this blogger, Beth, as I was very interested in what she had to say about scaffolding her child's understanding about blogs and wanted her permission to include her practice as an example in a chapter I was writing about young children and digital literacy. It seemed to me that Beth was supporting her child's understanding about blogging as a social practice in a similar manner to the way in which many other parents support their children's understanding of print-based literacy practices. Since then I have kept in touch with Beth's blog and noted that she has recorded other instances of family digital literacy practices. I do recommend a visit to Beth's blog for those of you interested in early childhood and technologies (click on the category 'Ed tech and early childhood' in the LH column). I am very interested in the phenomenon of 'tech-savvy' parents blogging about their technological practices with their children, as this, I think, gives us an insight into what other parents might be doing more generally with their children in five or six year's time, but I have not come across any other blogs like Beth's - let me know if you do!

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello parents! visit the following site http://www.24x7guru.com, it is an online assessment platform that allows students between classes 3 and 10 the opportunity to strengthen their academic foundation by identifying their strengths & weaknesses in subjects such as Mathematics & Science. This tool will improve your child interest on maths and science subjects.

Anonymous said...

My daughter uses website http://www.examhelp.in for practicing Math, and it is really good.

Anonymous said...

My daughter uses website www.examhelp.in for practicing Math, and it is really good.

Arpit said...

You can also try website www.edugain.com. This is really good and it ensures that questions in worksheets are never repeated.

Anonymous said...

What's up i am kavin, its my first occasion to commenting anyplace, when i read this piece of writing i thought i could also create comment due to this sensible article.

Feel free to visit my web site ... make breast grow

Anonymous said...

Today, while I was at work, my sister stole my
apple ipad and tested to see if it can survive a 30 foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation.
My apple ipad is now broken and she has 83 views. I know this is entirely off topic
but I had to share it with someone!

my blog post: what s the best growth hormone

Anonymous said...

Hey there! I've been reading your weblog for a long time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Kingwood Tx! Just wanted to mention keep up the good work!

Here is my weblog ... Hardknight Male Enhancement System

Anonymous said...

Today, while I was at work, my cousin stole my apple ipad and tested to see if it can survive a 40 foot drop, just
so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now broken and
she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic
but I had to share it with someone!

my homepage: review of vigrxplus.com

Anonymous said...

I am regular reader, how are you everybody? This paragraph posted at this site is truly nice.


Feel free to surf to my webpage: buy xtreme no

Anonymous said...

Nice replies in return of this matter with firm arguments and telling all on the topic of that.


Here is my website: altawhite.eklablog.com

Anonymous said...

Awesome post.

Feel free to surf to my web blog ... eazol

Anonymous said...

It's awesome to visit this website and reading the views of all colleagues about this article, while I am also keen of getting experience.

Also visit my blog thyromine

Anonymous said...

Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I've really enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. In any case I'll be subscribing
to your rss feed and I hope you write again soon!


Feel free to surf to my weblog; http://africanmangoplus.herbalcurenow.com

Anonymous said...

My partner and I stumbled over here coming from a different page and thought I may as
well check things out. I like what I see so now i'm following you. Look forward to checking out your web page yet again.

My site :: provillus women

Anonymous said...

Howdy! Do you know if they make any plugins to
protect against hackers? I'm kinda paranoid about losing everything I've worked
hard on. Any recommendations?

Here is my blog :: Buy Genf20 Plus

Anonymous said...

Hi my family member! I want to say that this article
is amazing, nice written and come with approximately all significant infos.
I'd like to look extra posts like this .

Here is my web blog; venapro in walgreens

Anonymous said...

I used to be able to find good info from your content.

Here is my web site tinnituscontrol.herbalcurenow.com

Anonymous said...

Does your website have a contact page? I'm having trouble locating it but, I'd like to send you an e-mail.
I've got some suggestions for your blog you might be interested in hearing. Either way, great site and I look forward to seeing it develop over time.

Review my page :: free virility ex samples. where to get virility ex trial samples

Anonymous said...

I don't even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great. I don't know who you are but certainly you are going to a famous blogger if you aren't already ;) Cheers!

My page ... buy breast actives

Anonymous said...

I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was
good. I don't know who you are but certainly you are going to a famous blogger if you aren't already ;) Cheers!


Feel free to visit my web page provillus

Anonymous said...

We're a group of volunteers and opening a new scheme in our community. Your site offered us with valuable information to work on. You have done an impressive job and our whole community will be thankful to you.

my website; buy virility ex ()

Anonymous said...

I'm really loving the theme/design of your site. Do you ever run into any web browser compatibility issues? A couple of my blog audience have complained about my website not working correctly in Explorer but looks great in Chrome. Do you have any tips to help fix this issue?

Also visit my website :: idol lip (http://buyidollips.beep.com/)

Anonymous said...

I have been using website Exam Notifiy for practicing Math, and it is really good.