Final Blog

Finally I have come to the end of the Web 2.0 Course. I would never have made it if it was not for Scott Hansen.  Scott led most of our staff through each of the modules which allowed us to be able to work together and learn together. There were also many other benefits such building a common eLearning language, having a shared experience and building staff morale – unexpected outcomes from the commencement of the course.

When I look at the ILEARN model, I notice that I was able to achieve many of its outcomes.  

  

The Web2.0 course has also been a great learning experience for me. I have learnt to use and apply some of the tools in my classroom practice.

While the course was meant to be about 20 hours (10 modules x 2 hours), I found it took a lot longer for me.  After Scott Hansen introduced us to each of the modules and navigated us around the tools for that topic, I would then spend individual time trying to work on that module on my own. The way the course is set up though was brilliant. I could access the Web 2.0 Course any time of the day or night – seven days a week. What a fabulous tool to be able to access.

Looking at the ile@rn model and blooms taxonomy model at the end of the course is a great way to conclude the course.  

As children learn in so many ways through so many different tasks at different levels and at a different pace, the Blooms Taxonomy digital model links well to the web 2.0 tools.

CREATE - digital story telling, itunes, flickr

EVALUATING - podcasts, class wiki, blogging

ANALYSING - blogs, glogster, bubblus

APPLYING - flickr, delicious, itunes

UNDERSTANDING - blog writing

REMEMBERING - RSS feeds, websites, bookmarks

While I found the course quite challenging at times, I also took heart from following other people’s blogs. The blogs were also really valuable for me to reflect on my own learning. The course was also great as I could work at my own pace, in my own time at my own level.

I am now more aware of the infinite number of technology tools that are “out there.” I will never ever get on top of them but I take heart from being an “ongoing” learner.