Comments on: Thinking Out Loud about ICT: tools for reflection http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2010/06/06/thinking-out-loud-about-ict-tools-for-reflection/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jonesieboy http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2010/06/06/thinking-out-loud-about-ict-tools-for-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-25654 jonesieboy Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:44:27 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/?p=491#comment-25654 I think you are spot on when you talk about purpose. It seems to me that if the students are really on board with the process of reflection, then they can pretty much choose whatever tool they want. If they are not on board, then no tool will work. The challenge is to get them on board! I think you are spot on when you talk about purpose. It seems to me that if the students are really on board with the process of reflection, then they can pretty much choose whatever tool they want. If they are not on board, then no tool will work. The challenge is to get them on board!

]]> By: Dave Stacey http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/2010/06/06/thinking-out-loud-about-ict-tools-for-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-25645 Dave Stacey Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:36:03 +0000 http://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blog/?p=491#comment-25645 I've been pondering this one myself. I keep coming back to two ideas, either discussion forums in Moodle, or getting the students to keep a blog either the Moodle one (although I'm no big fan) or maybe even WordPress. When I've done this in the past, it hasn't always worked that well, and I think it's because I didn't get the purpose right. Some pieces of work got posted to their blogs, but there wasn't a strong enough rationale behind which pieces ended up there and which didn't and we didn't use them enough to become a habit. My current thinking is that each student would have a blog (the alternative is a class blog and each student gets a category) and a standing homework would be a weekly post, perhaps on one of half a dozen questions that they could choose from. What did you learn this week? What most surprised you this week? What have you (or would you) share from this week with someone you were stuck in the kitchen at a party with? Maybe not that one, but you get the idea. I'd make it part of my marking routine to comment on each one as a starting point, and maybe then add a second standing homework that they have to comment on one other blog (not sure about this second one) Still a few issues that need ironing out, not least the platform to use, but it's definitely the direction I'm thinking of maybe going in! Looking forward to the rest of these posts. :0) I’ve been pondering this one myself. I keep coming back to two ideas, either discussion forums in Moodle, or getting the students to keep a blog either the Moodle one (although I’m no big fan) or maybe even WordPress.

When I’ve done this in the past, it hasn’t always worked that well, and I think it’s because I didn’t get the purpose right. Some pieces of work got posted to their blogs, but there wasn’t a strong enough rationale behind which pieces ended up there and which didn’t and we didn’t use them enough to become a habit.

My current thinking is that each student would have a blog (the alternative is a class blog and each student gets a category) and a standing homework would be a weekly post, perhaps on one of half a dozen questions that they could choose from. What did you learn this week? What most surprised you this week? What have you (or would you) share from this week with someone you were stuck in the kitchen at a party with? Maybe not that one, but you get the idea.

I’d make it part of my marking routine to comment on each one as a starting point, and maybe then add a second standing homework that they have to comment on one other blog (not sure about this second one)

Still a few issues that need ironing out, not least the platform to use, but it’s definitely the direction I’m thinking of maybe going in!

Looking forward to the rest of these posts. :0)

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