For this weeks reflection, I am using the Jay and Johnson’s (2002) reflective model to reflect on two possible inquiry projects and how these can be linked to my CoP. (Jay and Johnson, 2002) Descriptive: Two possible topics I would find inspiring to focus on for this component of the course are: How can we implement a 21st century classroom that is digitally enhanced? What digital tools can I use to enhance students' writing capabilities? Reflect on how these topics are releva nt to your Community of Practice. A Community of Practice (CoP), according to Wenger (1998), is a ‘group of individuals participating in communal activity, and experiencing/continuously creating their shared identity through engaging in and contributing to the practices of their communities’. To qualify as a CoP, any group needs to meet three...
For this week's reflection, I will be using Gibbs model of reflection adapted from Finlay (2008, p. 8) as shown below: The theme that I will focus on is: "Changing the script": Rethinking learners' and teachers' roles Description: " Twenty-first century ideas about knowledge and learning demand shifts in the traditional roles or "scripts" followed by learners and teachers" (Bolstad, Gilbert, McDowall, Bull, Boyd & Hipkins, 2012). As such, a teacher may not always be the knowledge-giver like an all-knowing Gandalf and the learner may not be the bumbling knowledge-seeker like Frodo or Bilbo Baggins of the Bag-end Bagginses. This realisation demands that teachers learn more about the strengths and weaknesses of their learners and be able to identify the way they can support each learner in the specific way that they can learn. As such, I decided to be the learner, where possible, so I could get a better handle of how students...