Week 1

This week was an introduction to the ICT elective. Sharon and Collette explained each part of the elective that they would be running. It was interesting to see everything that we would be tackling within this elective.

We had a look at wallwisher as an introduction. I feel that this is a good collaborative tool as everyone can have their say and feedback within the group. The only issue I found with wallwisher was that all the post seemed to post on top of each other. I feel this can be fixed, and its just a matter of finding out how! As an example of Wallwisher, Sharon had set up a few walls for us to post 'sticky notes' on. This was enjoyable and although we didn't use this function, you can post your views/comments anonymously. I feelt this would be beneficial in a class as some pupils may not like expressing their views, in fear of being wrong, and this way, they do not have to worry about this issue. http://jacquisharp.blogspot.com/2009/11/wallwisher-in-classroom.html discusses how to actually create a wallwisher (which we didn't do in this lesson) and it seems to be quite easy to create.

During this introduction, we were shown animations and videos that last year's students produced as well as p3 pupils. Although there is a huge difference between the quality of the two different videos, it is clear that they both put in work. I was impressed by how well the p3 videos were and I would consider using this within a classroom, after seeing the outcome and the benefits of using this.