Mobile Phone Wiki Reflection

I always find that to attain new information old information must be used in the process…. Once again using a Wiki to group our whole courses finding, we work autonomously in reading the information given about the topic however were asked to then culminate/process our information differently to the Learning Theories Wiki… This will be done via using the De Bono hat system.

The Six Thinking Hats

De Bono’s Thinking Hats are another method teacher can implement for students to deconstruct information found on a topic by arranging it into six different section (dependant on whose organizing it) The six hats usually are: Negative (Black), Process (Blue), Creative (Green), Intuitive (Red), Positive (Yellow) and Objective (White). The Hats method aims to provide a parallel way of thinking about a topic in deconstruction of its worth, as usually in analysing a topic narrow-mindedness sets in. De Bono’s hat method seeks to triangular a thought process, for instance although something might be classified a negative, in doing so you seek to rectify an answer by offering an intuitive response to the problem and in turn could be done creatively.

All Alone…

Being asked to work by yourself on a topic at first and then combining your information is always a good tactic to use, it requires yourself to cognitivistic way to decipher if the information is worthwhile adding to your findings or remembering.

Using De Bono’s Thinking Hat method coupled with the use of the Wiki provided us with a more indepth analysis into the topic. In retrospect, this method combined with the Wiki is a more high order thinking process than using a P.M.I method as it promotes you to break down the information into its component elements as well as evaluate and critique the topics validity.

I found the activities core strength was within the previous material learnt, whereby the students had already been taught what to do, but new information was also introduce (such as using the De Bono method instead of the P.M.I method). If the topic allowed, I would aim to have students use the De Bono method as it gives a more thorough investigation into the topic at hand. Asking students to work by themselves is always a good way for them to be able to form their own opinion on something before others influence it (cogntivism/constructivism). It was also good however that once you had done some individual work it was added to the Wiki where others could view what you had to say, thus providing everyone with a network of synthesized information on a topic (Connectivism).