Week 2 Reflection - The mobile phone WIKI

My goodness, what a disaster this has been. Firstly I had no idea what wiki was. That sorted, I spent some time (what I thought was) participating in one, only to discover, when I wanted to go back in to complete this blog, that my comments were G O N E !!!. Distraught - I packed up and sent Wendy a SOS email......... Still no reply. Upon looking back at this tonight I have discovered when going though the edited list -my comments to appear....Phew! However my first comments seem to be mixed up in the edit with Scott's. I have printed this page, so at least for my own benefit I know I have participated. All is not lost, just have to figure out how to get them to show on the wiki.

Technology - Don't ya just love it?????

Edward de Bono's thinking hats covered for me all basis of behaviourism, constructivism, cognitivism and connectivism. Behaviourism is included because through a series pre-defined steps I got to the end. Constructivism albeit social constructivism as I created my own interpretations based on my own beliefs. Cognitvism as I learnt from this experience and contributed to the discussion based on my own 'stored' experiences. Lastly connectivism, as it was completed on line and in a collaborative form, for all to participate and be critical of.  There is a connection with de Bono's six thinking hats here and Blooms Taxonomy, as it forces you though a series of steps to encourage high order or critical thinking. It challenged all I despise about mobile phones and engaged my understanding of their greater functions. 

The benefits of a wiki is that we all get to have our say, it takes away, onerous experience, as we are collaborating with each other, and getting ideas and making ourselves think more deeply about the topic at hand. The major drawback for me is that my comments didn't stick (for whatever reason). This could be due to a technical issue or something that I have done. Who knows, this could be a common problem when working on line. The use of de Bono's hats is a fabulous scaffolding tool and it covers all bases.

Only being a very new first year student (I have no idea about classrooms), however I can see where this type discussion is beneficial. Firstly it gets you thinking and allows each participant to have an informed discussion. There is no talking over one another, and it can engage people from outside the classroom or on the other side of the world who may offer a completely new perspective.

http://fahe11001bundaberg.wikispaces.com/Mobile+Phones+Wiki