Wiki Page

Last week we had to create a wiki page.  We were put into groups and given different topics.  The topic we were given was 'Education in the last ten years'.  Within the group we were then given different questions and had to find information on each topic and then put it into our wiki.  Our topic was easy in a way as it was when I was in primary school and I was just able to remember how it was and write down information from it. 

Reading Week!

Last week was Reading Week.  We had various tasks to complete whilst we were off.  at the beginning of the week I completed the majority of the tasks so that I was able to have most of the week off.  The majority of the tasks were easy, however I did find difficulty completing Sian's assignment but after taking some time on it, I was able to complete.  Whilst on my week of I also went with two of my friends to get a tattoo.  Whilst there I also debated getting another tattoo myself.  The tattoo I want to get it is either a anchor or a swallow on my wrist.

Reflective Learning Articles

There were two reflective learning documents that we had been given to read and summarise.  The first article was 'Blogs as a Reflective Learning Tool'.  This document highlighted why reflecting learning was necessary and how blogging instead keeping a handwritten diary was easier.  The document also involved two different theorists; Kolb and Gibbs.  Kolb created a cycle which consisted of four different experiences from learning; Experiencing, reflection, conceptualization and planning.  Gibbs also had a cycle however his takes in to account an individuals feeling and emotions.  The six stages of his cycle were; Description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. 

In the second document 'Reflective Learning' it spoke about what reflective learner is, the importance of reflection and ways to develop being a reflective learner.  It stated that reflective learners constantly r reflective on what they are learning and how they are learning.  Being a reflective learning is important as it helps an individual develop and work on different learning strategies.  Reflective learners develop by keeping a record of their thoughts and feelings about learning. 

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Reflective Learning

Today we learnt ways in which to alter our blogs and to customise them to be exactly how we want them to be.  Once we had done that we discussed reflective learning and brain stormed as a class different opinions on what we thought reflective learning was.
Then we had to find educational blogs.  The blog I found was http://www.fortheloveofteaching.net/    
I found this blog through google, by searching for 'primary school education blogs'.  I choose this blog because it is regularly updated and has a lot of useful information on different teaching techniques.                                

The Proccess We Went Through With The Beatles Website

Firstly in our group we decided on a topic in which we were going to do our presentation on. After we decided a topic, which was The Beatles, we then looked through google at the different web pages about the band.  Once we choose a website we then went on to ensure that the information in the site was correct and relivant to the band.  We also but the site throught site colon to ensure that the all the information in the website was only relivant to the band and nothing is that was nothing to do with them.  After we had done that we went through the questions that we needed to answer and wrote notes about the website for what we needed to say in the presentation. 

First Blog!

Hey, my name is Laura :)  I am 18 years old.  I am studying Educational Studies in Swansea Met University.  I choose this university over the others because I live in Swansea and didn't want to move away and because I would like to become a primary school teacher :)