Introduction to Wikis and Moving Image Education..

"Wiki"  is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick".

In part of today's ICT lesson we looked at wikis. We have seen wiki's before in first year but learning more about them was engaging and i hope to learn more as we go on! Referring back to last week's lesson, where we learned about synchronus and asynchronus media tools, we discovered a wiki could be both but it is more asynchronus. You can't do a whole collaborative page on a wiki but each person has a page and can write and edit information, so the participants are working collaboratively and cooperatively.  Wikis can be used at anywhere, anytime and can be used as a collaborative document for a specific purpose or just to share information with one another. 

Why should we use wikis? A few reasons why wiki's should be used.

Wikis can be used to capture knowledge from those who have it, so it is a good learning tool where information can be shared and gained through working collaboratively. 

Another way wikis can be used is for linking knowledge to knowledge so again, gaining knowledge through others and using the knowledge you have to enlighten someone and give someone else the information they may be looking for.

Moving image education (MIE)- 

Moving image education has a wealth of opportunities for children to experience and get stuck into! It provides children with the opportunity to give their learning another dynamic and gives their teacher, parents or carers full proof evidence of their learning through the filming of particular things they have been doing or a particular project or experience. 

I think movie image education is such a good way to bring the classroom to life, giving children a new and fun experience that will encourage group work, creativity and imagination. 

Moving image education is split into 3 parts

Analyse

Explore

Create

 and http://www.movingimageeducation.org  goes into depth about each part, giving ideas for the classroom and a guide of how to use moving image education.

Analyse-

Movingimageeducation.org give the idea that teachers should start with something children are comfortable with, maybe a class novel that is being read or a nursery rhyme or song they have been learning, and turn this into a whole new experience by incorperating moving image. 

It is also discussed that it is important for the experience to be visually exciting and engaging so that children are motivated to take part in this opportunity and not shy away. 'The visual stimulus of a film can fire children's imaginations' MovingImageEducation(2009). It is also important that children know the concepts of movie making and so can make their own decisions when the time comes. It also needs to be a clear and structured process so the children have a clear path of thought and understanding.