Module 10

I feel very excited to have finished this course, partly because it took me a while to actually decide to do it in the first place, and secondly because of how much I feel I have gained by completing it. I have learnt so much and have really enjoyed every module and I feel I will become a much better teacher by using even just some of the tools that I have found out about.

I think I still have quite a lot to learn about wikis. It was interesting to look at the examples of the ones provided in the course. A Canadian exchange teacher at my school, Sharon, also showed me her wiki that she uses with her class in Canada and it was fantastic. It was inspiring to see what a wiki can be like and how it can be used on a daily and/or weekly basis as a means of informing and teaching students and also as a way of allowing joint knowledge construction on a task.

I have not yet tried to set up a wiki with my class. I would like to have a go at doing this in the holidays so that I can try it out with my classes next year. I really want to be able to put some of this course into practice next year, even if it is only with baby steps. So for me the biggest question would be to focus on the purpose of my wiki and - as it mentions in this module - how it can be set up for the purpose of not just disseminating knowledge, but allowing for joint construction of knowledge. This will give me plenty to think about over the next month or so but for the moment I am thinking for French of starting a wiki focusing on French culture as this would allow my students, who are all beginners, to contribute mainly in English. But for the future, there would be the possibility of uploading podcasts, videos thay have made, as well as being able to comment on pictures, videos etc. For senior classes, there is so much potential as well.

I think Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally will really come in handy when planning a wiki and related tasks as the verbs that are linked to the thinking tasks really make you focus on what it is you want the student to be able to do and achieve through the use of this technology.

I would like to thank the CEO for running such a fantastic course and offering it free of charge to all interested teachers. I think it is the most valuable piece of professional development I have done in many years and I will enjoy taking my baby steps into the practical world of teaching and learning with Web2.0 next year.