Course reflection

The iLearn model video makes some very good points. Technology is amazing but needs to be used with the right intentions. As a teacher it is not enough to say to students, ‘We’re going to create a podcast today’. We need to first create a reason to use the technology. We need to engage students and have them decide what technology can help them solve a problem or accomplish a task most effectively. Yes, we need to expose students to what is out there but the most beneficial learning covers all aspects of Bloom’s Taxonomy. This learning becomes an exploration where students are engaged and find answers to questions that they themselves pose.

The language associated with Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy just helps us to align what we do with our technological tools with the different levels of Bloom’s.

Completing the Web 2.0 course has been eye-opening. Each module has opened up new avenues to take in order to get to a desired destination. Web 2.0 gives you the fastest option and the scenic option or tourist drive. In other words, the tools we can use might help us to get a job done faster or they might let us discover so much more on the way.

Thanks for providing this information and collection of tools. I have already used so much of what I have learnt and know I can refer back to this in future when trying to solve any new problems.