Wordle blog

My other duck made from words!

My attempt at making graffiti....

Not bad eh?

My duck made from words, cute!

Placement

Just before we broke up for Christmas, we went on placement for a week at a place of our choice. I chose the primary school I went to when I was younger and really enjoyed it. Though most of the time was spent practising the Christmas concert and I didn't see much of the children's work I did gain a better understanding of how the foundation phase has been implemented into schools. I was in a year 1 class and they had 3 or 4 computers that they could use freely if they wanted to. It was good that they could develop their computer skills so early on and they really enjoyed the computers as they regularly bickered about whose turn it was to use them.
tataaaaa x

Research Week

So we had a week off last week because it was research week and all our lectures were cancelled. We had work to do over the week though so it wasn't a nice break. For Sian we had to do a mini assignment to practise referencing and writing at a higher level. I found that quite hard because it was the first time that I had tried out my referencing skills and realised that I didn't have any. For Mandy we had to work in a group and create a wiki page about education in the past/present/future. My group was Sara, Amy and Stacey. I found it easier to work in a group because there are more ideas when there are more of you.
Tata x

Reflective Learning

My blog is going to be a way for me to reflect upon my own learning. This means to look at what I have learnt, what went well or what I found easy and also what I struggled with. A good way to do this is to keep a diary of things that I have learnt so that I can look back on them...which brings me back to my blog. At first I thought the concept of a blog wouldn't be very useful to me in my time in university, however now I can see what the point is. It will help me to keep a track of my studies and make steady progress, and if at any point I need to look back then I can see what I previously might have struggled with and why, then being able to overcome it. Reflective learning is about evaluating everything and making it all fit in and come together. My blog may help to motivate me with my studies as it is personal and includes my thoughts and feelings about my learning. I will be able to reflect upon which strategies of learning I find most useful and why. All in all, I think it's a pretty good idea!
Tata x