Website

Here is my first ever website:

http://elearningwebsite.weebly.com/

Concept map

I personally don't like to use a concept maps. I find it time consuming and pointless. However, this also relates to my personal learning style. For that reason I will never say that a concept map is pointless to other learners. As a teacher it is important to know the learning styles of all your students to be able to know what will work for them.

I think a concept map can help the students to gather information and set it out in groups. This will be helpful to the students when they have to write paragraphs or essays. Therefore I will use the concept map in my classroom even though I don't like using a concept map myself.

Memletic learning styles graph

Here is my learning styles graph. However, I think the result depends on your mood when you are doing the test. I believe that if I have to do the same test in a month's time the result will not be exactly the same.

Being a mature aged student, I have only heard about blogging a few times in my life. Unfortunately, it was mostly within the last couple of months. I have always thought that with age comes wisdom, but I have to say when it comes to technology it must be the other way around. During the next couple of weeks I will continue to share my learning journey through a new, unfamiliar but exciting world. This new world will help me to improve my teaching by using ALL the resources available.

When "Digital native" students enter our classrooms it is essential for the educators to use technology to engage the students and also to build on their background knowledge. One of the resources available is blogging. I have learned that class blogs can ensure collaborative learning as it provides a space where teachers and students can work together. It provides an opportunity for all students to share their thoughts and ideas without the restriction of a time limit. The students can post a comment at any time, which gives them time to be reactive and also reflective to one another and as a result creates an opportunity for peer review. Therefore, it is apparent that blogging is a very effective tool in teaching.