Over the past few years, I have inconsistently shared the work occurring in my classroom. Years ago, daily posts on my now-abandoned classroom blog, reflections on my professional blog, and posts on my students’ blogs kept invested adults current about the learning taking place in my classroom. For the past few years, I have practically gone into hiding after moving my classroom from the blogs to Edmodo and then Haiku. I have allowed ambiguous student privacy expectations from my district and
We are living in a period demanding us to frequent use of social media, especially texting, when we have to communicate with each other. As the society is getting developed more and more, the more social media occupy our daily lives incomparably than the previous generations. Nowadays, it is hard to find someone who don’t have their own smartphone or any other personal devices, and their own small devices allow them to live much more convenient than those who don't have theirs. Because most of our
reflective practitioner is one who is able to effectively utilise the reflective practice, that is, using both reflection-in-action, reflecting on actions as they occur, and reflection-on-action, reflecting on previous actions. By adhering to the reflective practice, the reflective practitioner is able to gain valuable insight into how they can improve their performance for the future, as reflection on one’s experience is key to learning (Loughran, 2002). This effectiveness has made the reflective practice
needs) in order of priority. Each competency in the PDP assessment informs specific outcomes with the help of this tool (Francis et al., 2014). I can easily monitor my progress towards my progress towards my set goals using the high competencies of my personal and professional skills to improve my areas of opportunities. My PDP shown in table 1, highlights my competencies that needs to be achieved by July 2016. This is with most importance as improving these skill areas will reinforce the main objectives
The evolutions in social media come with an increasing number of ways of socializing and connecting with others, which brings about challenges that were not faced previously. This is shown in the case scenario where a student nurse, Roxanne, receives a friend request on Facebook from her client, Ashley, who is recovering from depression and whom Roxanne has developed a therapeutic relationship with during clinical. Ashley appreciates Roxanne’s supportive care and hopes to attend nursing school. Roxanne’s
and to practice effectively, safely and legally (Health and Care Professions Council, 2012). Reflection is vital for all healthcare students in order to establish links between theory and practice (Jasper, 2013), that will help increase clinical reasoning and enhance professional practice (Rigby et al., 2012). Using models of reflective thinking makes sure that reflections are meaningful to our personal CPD (Armitage et al., 2012). Models of reflective thinking are designed to aid us reflectively
about the textbook themes brought a variety of unique viewpoints to the specific leadership topics. This reflection paper was an extension of this learning, and provided a deep introspection about leadership concepts; how did I, how am I, and how can I apply this knowledge in my workplace. This writing exercise uncovered new meaning and insights while both challenging and supporting certain personal views and ideas about leadership. The textbook readings started with how change affects leadership.
client, but instead what unfolded. During lunch, the practitioner took a photo with the client and then posted this photo, along with a message, to her personal social media account. This practitioner was then rebuked by her workplace for unprofessional behavior and use of social media.
gruelling and confronting but with self-reflection can prove to mature the onlooker. In the text ‘Go back where you came from’ captures the true intense meaning of discovery through personal morality insights , truth and self- reflection. The documentary series challenges preconceived ideas about boat people and refugees illegally travelling to Australia. By taking 6 individual with drastically different perspectives about the epidemic. The composer contradicts media developed conceptions and politics
periods iii) Identity in contemporary culture iv) How the media constructs our identities v) A case study; MTV and the music video vi) Conclusion What do we mean by identity? Identity refers to the way people see themselves--the groups they feel a part of, the significant aspects of themselves that they use to describe themselves to others. Some theorists distinguish between collective identity, social identity, and personal identity. However, they are