Intro

Hello!  My name is Balaji Rajan and I am a PGCE(PCET) student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in Swansea, South Wales.

As part of my PGCE(PCET) course I have had to set up a blog account, and this was interesting in that I have never before thought to Blog.  As part of a group of HE learners we were 'experiencing the learning' of setting up a blog account, thinking carefully about what to write as it adds to our digital footprint, and then posting our very first Blog. For those unfamiliar with the term ‘digital footprint’ you may wish to visit www.internetsociety.org for more pertinent information.

Going forward, I am going to be posting a number of blogs, including those which relate to my use of ICT in my teaching, how it aided in planning, assessment, administration and the learning experience of the students.

What you will find in these forthcoming blogs is my reflection on my teaching using ICT in HE/FE.  Why? Well, reflection is a very important part of teaching as it helps to identify what happened, what worked well and why, what did not and why, what needs to be changed and why, make those changes and do, then reflect.  Although some prefer to use Kolb’s Learning Cycle (1984) my preference is to use Gibb’s Six Stage Reflective Cycle (1988).

I will also include blogs which refer to some of the teaching and training I undertake with the No 3 Welsh Wing Air Training Corps. 

Thank you for taking the time to ready my blogs.

References:

Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Further Education Unit.

Kolb, D.A. (1984) Experiential learning: experience as the source of learning and development. London: Prentice-Hall.

http://www.internetsociety.org/your-digital-footprint (Accessed on: 15 December 2015).