Weekly Report & Reflection #8

Hi everyone!

This week I was able to expand my knowledge on what Wikis have to offer and how to use it more efficiently. However, I first want to share with you another topic that I found on my feedly reader. Its that time of year where college and university students are getting slammed with due dates for presentations, case studies, midterms, and assignments which gets very stressful. I believe that it is extremely important to stay on top of due dates so work doesn’t pile up as it can get really stressful. Here is a blog that I found which talks about 10 relaxation techniques to reduce stress. My favorite technique after reading this blog was to “Get Moving”. I find it really useful to go for a run to relieve built up stress as physical active releases feel-good chemicals giving your body a change to relax and deal with stress.

Amy, 2012

I have used Wiki a few times throughout my educational journey, mostly in secondary school. I have yet to use it in university, however I believe that I could find many uses for it. For those of you who do not know what wiki is, it is a website which allows you to be collaboratively edit its content and structure by its users. It is really easy to learn and edit, as you only have to press edit on the top of the page and revise any part of the text or add anything such as embedded images, audio or even videos and then click done.

As changes are made, new versions are created and they are able to develop collaborate knowledge building, which is really important. Wiki enables and promotes group collaboration, and allows other to experience the messiness of collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking by a working text. I see my self using wiki for doing just this, as I have only used wiki one or twice for a project in high school. Looking back I find it really similar to other tools I have explored throughout this course such as goggle docs as I am able to edit and collaborate with others over a website that can be contacted from anywhere you have internet and a computer. I believe blogger is similar in such a way that you are able to have a conversation by commenting on an individual’s blog. I personally prefer goggle docs so far compared to the other resources because I got to experience single handedly how easy and sufficient using goggle docs was for my previous assignment.

Bundes, 2015

What I consider to be effective ways to use wikis are collaborating for group projects, a place to put references, log goals, and overall empower learners through a democratic process which all support learning. Like I say every week, I am learning more about becoming a digital citizen and the rights and responsibilities of living in a digital society because your every move is being tracked on several websites and tools that you use online. Overall, in this session I could add this tool to my PLE in organization as well as the collaborative portion in my mapping tools.

Thanks for reading!

-Jess