Mobile Phones Wiki (Reflection)

Using De Bono’s Thinking Hat’s, this activity was a collaboration involving the entire class.  Being one of the final members to give input due to my home internet connection it was difficult for me to achieve unique responses from those already there. 

Collaborating with so many members of the class though was an incredible experience in terms of pedagogies as I was able to discover so many more elements to this wiki than if I’d worked alone or in a small group.  The suspense of debate on some issues does become an avenue with this strategy, when you allow so many diverse opinions into one reflection.  As a teacher this tool would be extremely useful in the field of drama, in terms of the students reading a new play and discussing and demonstrating understanding of the characters involved.  It’s a new and exciting way to present to students, as well as teaching them useful eLearning strategies.  The flexibility of this strategy allows for students to construct input when they feel comfortable.  For some students they prefer to see examples first to better understand the process.  This allows for such behaviour while still providing connections between students that feel the need to collaborate further and debate/analyse/question peers creating higher order thinking. 

A rather useful activity and strategy to support, which I feel will certainly be of great benefit in future classrooms.

REFERENCE:

Hartnell-Young, E. & Heym, N. (2009). 'Mobile phones and student learning in secondary schools'. Curriculum leadership: an electronic journal for leaders in education. Vol. 7, No. 26. (August). Retrieved from http://cmslive.curriculum.edu.au/leader/default.asp?id=28526&issueID=11897.

Cell Phone Calls Alter Brain Activity, Scientists, say.  (February 22, 2011).  Retrieved March 17, 2011, from http://www.ehso.com/ehso2.php?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/22/cell-phone-calls-alter-brain-activity-scientists-say/.

Trucano, Michael. (April 2009). ‘What do we know about using mobile phones in education?’ Retrieved March 17, 2011, from EduTech, http://blogs.worldbank.org/edutech/videos/mobiles-0.

CQUniversity (CQU). E-courses EDED20491. ‘ICTs for Learning Design’. Retrieved from http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=17135.