Participating in the mobile phone wiki was very insightful. Scaffolding, according to De Bono’s hats, was very effective for this type of discussion. Some perspectives are definitely harder than some and this is where the individual strengths of students within a class can complement one another. So, intuitive and sensory learners unite! Being strongly sensory myself, I find stating the positives and negatives of mobile phones in schools quite easy; however, I stumbled when I came to the green hat. This is where I found the value of scaffolding this activity by coloured hats. I don’t like the idea of phones in schools but reading through my classmates creative ideas for phones in schools, showed me that there could be a productive place for mobile phones in schools after all. This constructivist style forum presents all perspectives so that an informed decision can be made on a particular issue.
The downside to using the online space was only one person could edit the page at a time. I had to wait for twenty minutes before I could get access to the site. So, bottle necking could be an issue if you have a large number of students wanting to add to the wiki at the same time. The forum also became a little messy and hard to follow as more people presented their points.
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