I am familiar with this high order learning/thinking tool as I've used it in one of my early childhood specialty subjects in term 3 last year. I find the idea of it very interesting and engaging as I am the kind of person who needs a specific structure to complete an activity and DeBono gets me thinking about every aspect of a task. I can understand the aprehension of some people to use theis tool in a young class if it hasn't been introduced beforehand as it would take young students a while to understand exactly what is required of them.
Moblie Phone Usage
The wiki used to discuss the issue of mobile phone usage in a classroom environment had both positive and negative points. Through my own experience, I found this activity to be quite interesting. It engaged the learner (myself and classmates) and provided detailed scaffolding and questioning as a guide. We broke off into smaller groups within the classroom which made the task more simple. Each group was able to "hone in" on important information instead of each individual having to do more work than neccessary. Having information on a website that is readily avialable for access by studetns at any time is certainly a plus, though this is where we began to encounter problems.
As we went along, we found that when we saved our work, if we hadn't refreshed the page it would write over other groups' work. I also went back into the activity at a later date and found someone had deleted our class responses and put their own in the place of ours. This is a well-known problem with wikis; the information Can be deleted by whomever has access to the site. Usually, this means the world over can access and delete/add things to your wiki page. This also adds the problem of personal information (names etc) being used on a site that can be accessed by others.
The learning theory underpinning this activity was in my opinion connectivism, as it is obviously technology orientated. This learning theory is also applicable because we accessed information online to complete the activities.
Wikispace
http://managingelearningnicola.wikispaces.com/
this wiki has been made to use in collaboration with this blog for the purpose of Managing E-learning
T-pack Round Table
Content: Creative Writing
Technology: iMovie or MovieMaker
As I am very much involved in Drama, creative writing to me does not just mean writing a story but it means being creative in the way you present it. When children are involved in something physical, they are more open to writing a 'script' or short story before performing their idea. This could be beneficial when trying to get students to produce a piece of writing that needs to be assessed without putting pressure on them. It could also be used with students that have trouble writing an entire story but are more than able to act it out. using moviemaker will engage visual, kinesthetic and auditory learners.
By Nicola and Margaux
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