Summarizing Topics and Personal Reflections;
I've made many discoveries since starting blogging and connecting with other students on Teacher Librarian topics for the first time. Blogging is an open discovery process that leads to more paths of discoveries sometimes I had to make a point of keeping on topic and not get too off track.
Overall I loved the inquiry constructism approach in constructing new knowledge as a learning group and connectivism learning through technology ; collaborating with classmates on Google Hangout ( first time for me ) and reading and commenting on other blogs. It was enjoyable starting with a broad topic and delving in was exciting to come upon great resources to widen my knowledge and then bookmark sites for future use.
Overall I loved the inquiry constructism approach in constructing new knowledge as a learning group and connectivism learning through technology ; collaborating with classmates on Google Hangout ( first time for me ) and reading and commenting on other blogs. It was enjoyable starting with a broad topic and delving in was exciting to come upon great resources to widen my knowledge and then bookmark sites for future use.
When I started my first couple blogs it was awkward in placing of links and images and incorporating them and I did a lot of highlighting with different colors and font sizes which looks a bit distracting now that I look at it. I evolved in blogging by trying to incorporate links naturally and adding free images;tags ; videos and citing resources using Cite this for Me online and also giving my opinion sometimes and a little more about my experience too as I got more confident and less colorful highlighting! I found public Free to use Google Images with the most variety where I did not have to pay for images which I found out quickly after trying to get images or not allowed to copy the URL.
The first topic and reading of ; Why School?By Will Richardson gave a big picture flipped view of looking at what is 21st century learning look like and it was helpful to look at the different views of the NCTE 21st century Literacy Learning from National Council of Teachers of English and BC Technology for Education for example. I hadn't thought about how much learning has changed because of this information economy and how teachers need to change to meet the evolving needs of students. This learning made me realize that the communication and life skills needed now by students have changed a lot with information at their finger tips and use of digital tools with uses from substitution to redefinition. (SAMR model)
The first topic and reading of ; Why School?By Will Richardson gave a big picture flipped view of looking at what is 21st century learning look like and it was helpful to look at the different views of the NCTE 21st century Literacy Learning from National Council of Teachers of English and BC Technology for Education for example. I hadn't thought about how much learning has changed because of this information economy and how teachers need to change to meet the evolving needs of students. This learning made me realize that the communication and life skills needed now by students have changed a lot with information at their finger tips and use of digital tools with uses from substitution to redefinition. (SAMR model)
These topics fostering reading ; cultural and supporting teachers learning with ICT and World Libraries and mobile devices gave me a wide view of overarching themes that TL should be aware of to support and facilitate learning for students.
I read about PLN's; Personal Learning Network at the beginning of the class and now I have formed my PLN with joining a Twitter feed of Teacher Librarians which I found very informative and by reading twits it lead to more links and discoveries of new digital tools which I would investigate further online creating more learning.From these discoveries and in reading others blogs I would check out their links and then bookmark the sites I especially found helpful. I joined many e-newsletters like Edtopia ; Buncee and Google for Education which were helpful in keeping up to date and for further application of their digital tools. Also reading other students blogs and commenting
gave me a different perspective that I hadn't thought of like teaching in undeveloped countries and the challenges teachers have and how key technology can be to bridge the information learning gap and efforts to do this. I experimented with Popplet lite for brainstorming on my iphone and adding as my knowledge grew.I tried to make this larger but it only works on mobile phones not larger devices. If you pay a fee you can use Popplet on an i pad. For more details check out;Popplet.
This process of learning has left me with many new insights and learning that has begun to develop into a deeper knowledge as I put into application the new information and use of the digital tools.
I read about PLN's; Personal Learning Network at the beginning of the class and now I have formed my PLN with joining a Twitter feed of Teacher Librarians which I found very informative and by reading twits it lead to more links and discoveries of new digital tools which I would investigate further online creating more learning.From these discoveries and in reading others blogs I would check out their links and then bookmark the sites I especially found helpful. I joined many e-newsletters like Edtopia ; Buncee and Google for Education which were helpful in keeping up to date and for further application of their digital tools. Also reading other students blogs and commenting
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A good look back at all the new learning, tools, resources and ideas you've gathered in the last couple of months to support your ongoing growth in a new role and new space. Your highlights and discussion of the evolution of your awareness and confidence was excellent. A good honest reflection that will help you get centered and focused for the next round of growth.
ReplyDeleteI agree with many of your sentiments regarding the learning in this course so far, I too have learned a lot, and gained many insights from the learning and sharing that has occurred so far. I also like the inquiry constructivist approach in learning. It really does allow the learner to take control of their learning.
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