To be honest when I first read my course profile, I had never heard of a wiki. So as a virgin wiki creator I tried over and over again before finally ‘getting it’. I have spent a lot of time thinking how I could present my wiki neatly and different from everyone else. Just to be an individual, but I found it too difficult to change the format so I eventually kept the same basic style.
I had an idea when I finally realised how wiki’s can be useful and operate, that as a group activity, we as students can share the reading and provide a quick outline of the most important parts for everyone else to read and when everyone adds their reflections on the readings, then hopefully we should get a gist of all of the topics required from week to week. Therefore, what could have taken me weeks to get through, I could do in 1 day with a wiki.
Then there's the thought of privacy, to be honest, it hasn’t even crossed my mind. Is this a bad thing? I don’t believe that there is such a thing as over sharing your personal reflections or opinions on teaching topics. However, I hope I’m not one of those people who write way too much and repeat myself ten times.
So, what have I gotten out of the profile wiki?
I think in a students way of understanding, I feel the other students needed to know how I will successfully guide my way through this year. I wanted them to know a bit about me, my work hours (FULL TIME) plus study hours (FULL TIME) and how I manage to fit this in with family commitments and 'my time'.
Reflecting also can be a bit of a stress reliever for me in terms of getting it off my chest. I have spent many of nights lying awake with ICT's for learning design running around in my head. Now I am starting to realise how as a teacher, reflection for students is a major achievement for learning. In ICT's for example, even though I thought myself to be computer literate, I still find weekly tasks extremely daunting, my limited knowledge and abilities of stepping out of my comfort zone and for that matter the experience over the last 3 weeks that I have endured with ICT's and the experience and abilities of other students in GDLT.
Teacher's can then reflect on the student's reflection and hopefully become better for it. Whether it be to slightly alter a learning experience plan or completely scratch one and start over. Ultimately I see the future in our hands..
So, what have I gotten out of the profile wiki?
I think in a students way of understanding, I feel the other students needed to know how I will successfully guide my way through this year. I wanted them to know a bit about me, my work hours (FULL TIME) plus study hours (FULL TIME) and how I manage to fit this in with family commitments and 'my time'.
Reflecting also can be a bit of a stress reliever for me in terms of getting it off my chest. I have spent many of nights lying awake with ICT's for learning design running around in my head. Now I am starting to realise how as a teacher, reflection for students is a major achievement for learning. In ICT's for example, even though I thought myself to be computer literate, I still find weekly tasks extremely daunting, my limited knowledge and abilities of stepping out of my comfort zone and for that matter the experience over the last 3 weeks that I have endured with ICT's and the experience and abilities of other students in GDLT.
Teacher's can then reflect on the student's reflection and hopefully become better for it. Whether it be to slightly alter a learning experience plan or completely scratch one and start over. Ultimately I see the future in our hands..
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