Thinking Out Loud about ICT: tools for reflection
provide students with tools to help them to reflect upon their own learning I want the students coming to my department to be aware of themselves as learners, and to be active participants in their own learning processes. Of course every student is actively involved in their own learning - no learning would take place otherwise - but I want them all to be able to take a step back from themselves and reflect upon their own progress. Making this reflection regular, manageable and meaningful is a challenge! We don't have 1-1 computing devices in class, so if we are going to use ICT we are largely going to have to use the students' devices in the students' time (until enough of them have smart phones!). Moodle Moodle offers a plethora of tools that might help here: Class wikis, glossaries, journals, forums... the list goes on. Glow Wikis and blogs are in Glow now aren't they? Or they will be soon. Google Apps Google Apps include forms and shared documents. I guess t