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This week’s contribution to wiki
This week’s wiki task required us to reflect on whether mobile phones could be successfully implemented in the classroom. With the use of the thinking routine called De Bono's 6 thinking hats we had the opportunity to view and reflect on different perspectives on this controversial topic. De Bono's 6 thinking hats works in a way where we have the opportunity and choice to think and reflect on an issue in six different ways, drawing out many different and interesting perspectives and views of our peers. When choosing my hat for this particular topic, my mind was set on the ‘benefits’ thinking hat, as I strongly believe in interactive learning. However after reading the perspectives of others, I decided to contribute under the ‘feelings’ thinking hat which allowed me to express the positives and touch on the negatives.
Analysing wiki within the context of learning theories, I believe Wiki is reflective of connectivism as it connects learning with the ‘digital age’ where learning is more about how you access knowledge through different nodes of information than the actual state of ‘knowing’. This is the way of the 21st century.
I absolutely love the idea of a wiki space where everyone can collaboratively learn from each other and understand and be exposed to different perspectives of others. I liked that my peers added websites and quotes that supported there thinking. This is where my understanding of connectivism is evident, where accessing different pathways to information. I thought the topic was great and it really got me and others thinking about the benefits and challenges of mobile phones in the classroom in a non-judgmental free environment. De Bono’s 6 thinking hats worked well and I would be more than happy to explore different ICT topics each week with this great structure
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