Module 10

Wow I made it! A slow start but got there in the end. Wiki's are something that I am familiar with and have started in the classroom this year. However, it's origins did not lie with me but with my students. After a discussion with someone much wiser than me in the e-learning world, I acknowledged that it is OK to learn from the students and that we did not have to possess all of the knowledge. So, I used the skills of my E-Tascc students and created a Wiki with them. Wiki's provided us with a creative way to share information across all curriculum areas with each other. We had discussions that encouraged opinions to be formed in much the same way as an exposition does. We had information on Space that was being researched and Voki's that compared the old and new translation of the Mass. The students were so keen to publish and share their work with each other. Wiki's are motivating and a great way to differentiate and cater for all of the ability levels of your class.The only problem was that information was sometimes lost as students can access each other's work.

A Ning is a new concept to me but looked like a valuable one as an educator. It's another way to share information that has been complied by others and prevents you from recreating the wheel. There is so much to back into education these days that it's great to be able to learn from each other on a global level and at the simple click of a button. Thanks to Web 2.0 we now know how!