What is MyBlueprint?
As we work towards building skills and introducing technologies that support 21st century learning, there are many platforms to choose from when I pursue my inquiry on metacognition and focus on the individual learner. Remote learning during Spring 2020 forced many educators to incorporate platforms that were FOIPPA-approved, but we were unable to take the quality time to understand them for ourselves. I was already using Class Dojo in-class to promote communication between home and school, personal portfolios, create a class feed to encourage collaboration and inclusivity, lessons that focused on growth mind set and perseverance, and classroom management. Then, Microsoft Teams, MyBlueprint, Mathology were strongly encouraged. I have never used any of them. Balancing online learning as well as educating my own elementary-aged children at home, did not allow me to really delve into the programs.
My Blueprint is an online, visual student driven portfolio. Teachers are able to create a classroom where families can connect from home, students can represent their learning in multimodal ways (video/draw function/audio/pictures), and teachers/peers can provide feedback in visual and written methods. Students can also explore and describe their interests, abilities, passions, and goals. Documenting their learning and growth in this setting will also follow students up to Grade 12 as the personal education number is used for access.
Plans in the working ...
With the support of the TL at my school, we already have planned collaboration times to introduce MyBlueprint to my class, and help them explore each section. I have collaborated with my cohort teacher to combine our iPads to make a class set so we can alternate week by week. MyBlueprint is already a district-approved app. I hope this will take care of handling paperwork by hand: the class binders can be cumbersome for students to load, papers can be disorganized, and the digital presentation can be visually engaging for students. Perhaps this will encourage the class to hand in their “best work”; work and reflections that they can be proud of and want to present to their peers and families.
MyBlueprint.ca. (2019). Retrieved September 17, 2020, from https://myblueprint.ca/
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