Firstly we created The Blog, which I find highly useful and a great piece of technology. I personally love the idea of a blog, not only can I upload my thoughts and feelings about particular subjects, I can also upload pictures, videos etc, to personalise my blog even more. The only issue I have with the idea of a blog is that of it being so "public". Which I see as it's major floor, especially in the context of use in the classroom. Blogs can come in handy in the class room to come to terms with students thoughts and ideas about particular topics, it's also a great way to have the student draft their assignments. Not only does this technology allow students to learn in their own learning style, it also allows students to take a break from black and white learning methods and experience something different that they may come to love further along in their learning journeys.
The second technology to use was that of the online Wikis, which I must admit I didn't fully understand how to use, however I do see the benefits of using such a technology. Not only does a wiki allow students to draft projects, allow them to express their opinions, it also allows them to see what fellow students have to say as well as allowing them to think about the topic at hand in more detail. As a teacher I could see a wiki being useful due to being able to track the changes made to a wiki, as well as being able to track which students have and haven't taken the time to think and expand their knowledge further.
The third technology harnessed was that of a website, by using a site called weebly it became simple to create our own sites. With my certificate 2 in Information Technology I had only prior used program's to create websites, however being introduced to a website that creates websites, I thought it was great, taking the difficulty out of programming and getting straight into the design and publishing of information. I find that using websites would be also a very helpful tool in the classroom, due to the website allowing students to express themselves not only with the text on the site but also the designing of the page/s. A website could be used to organise thoughts, feelings and assessment whilst allowing students to break away from the usual context of learning, allowing the student to have fun in their learning.
Overall I found that the blog and website where the two more enjoyable tools used by myself and would use these in the classroom. Not only would these be interesting to use in the classroom they would also be fun to do, therefore supporting a variety of learning styles whilst incorporating the aspects of digital pedagogy.
Wiki address: http://e-learner1.wikispaces.com/
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