Online+Activity+4

Online Activity 4 - Supporting Practice Wiki //**Background**// The purpose of this online activity is for you to consider the benefits and challenges of using ICT to support your professional practice from an administrative perspective. The focus will be on the use of one of two technologies, either collaborative writing tools (e.g. wikis, Google docs) or blogs. This choice is yours. This online activity requires you to contribute to a wiki that will build up a whole-class 'picture'.


 * // Note: // You __ must __ participate in this online activity, and Online Activity 3, in order to pass Assignment 2. **

//**Task**//
 * 1) Read the work in the **Management Tools and Applications** content area.
 * 2) Join the Supporting Practice Wiki in Wikispaces (http://supportingpractice.wikispaces.com/). You will be sent an email invitation to our wiki.
 * 3) Choose either collaborative writing tools OR blogs as the area for focusing your contributions to the Wiki. Each of the two areas has space to contribute about BOTH the benefits and the challenges of using it to support teachers from an administrative perspective.
 * 4) Post one contribution to either the **benefits** **OR challenges** for your chosen area. This contribution has to be making a different point from those made by any other students and must also alert the reader of at least one reference to access more information about the point you are making.
 * 5) Post an online reflection (in the appropriate Moodle discussion thread) about this learning experience, as described below.

//**Reflection**// After you have completed your postings briefly consider the experience completing this online activity and post, to the appropriate thread, a message reflecting about the experience of participating in the Wiki. Your reflection should be based upon one of the three tools previously used PMI, Reflection Keys or Thinking Hats. You may choose the tool you prefer.