361: How children can become involved in documenting their own learning with Tapestry

Ben Case from Tapestry, an online learning journal used in thousands of primary schools and early years settings, has been working with teaching staff at Arundel C of E Primary School for the past two years to support the work they've been doing to encourage pupils to reflect on, and talk about, their own learning. This has involved using Tapestry's child login feature which enables children to add their own comments and videos describing their learning. The school has found that children are:*Becoming better at explaining their learning*Using more complex language*Engaging more fully as active learnersYou can read the Arundel CoE Primary School Case Studies hereAndrew Simpson, Headteacher, Arundel CoE Primary School also joins us to share his experience of using this feature from Tapestry and how it works within the school. Websitewww.tapestry.infoSocial Media InformationTwitter - https://twitter.com/Tapestry_FSFFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TapestryLearningJournalShow Sponsor – National Association for Primary Education (NAPE)Watch Mark Taylor interview Al Kingsley – ‘Creating Digital Strategies for Schools’ from the Primary Education Summit – ‘Visions for the Future’ – 2023Get access to all 20 videos from the the summit at www.nape.org.uk/summitFor support with podcasting & video please visit www.educationonfire.com/media Mentioned in this episode:NAPE Al Kingsley Summit PromoWatch Mark Taylor interview Al Kingsley about 'Creating Digital Strategies for Schools' as part of the Primary Education Summit 2023 - Visions for the Future - presented by National Association for Primary Education (NAPE) https://www.educationonfire.com/creating-digital-strategies-for-schools/

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