15 Digital tools for student reflection on learning

More and more we are attempting to engage students in documenting their own learning. Taking responsibility for their input, effort and progress, setting targets and tracking their outcomes are important aspects of sharing power with students in a constructivist classroom and keeping the locus of control with the learner.

Quality reflection occurs when rich learning tasks lead to rich learning. Learning something new, for a real purpose, is fertile territory for reflection.

Teaching students how to use digital tools provides a range of options for reflection and documentation. Variety is the spice of life for all of us. Keeping ‘reflection’ novel, creative and fun will add to engagement and improve the quality of thinking undertaken.

Don’t forget pencil and paper reflection too. It can be photographed and uploaded to their blogs as well!

Remember too that teaching a small group of students how to use a tool, and having them teach others, or tasking a couple of students to take the tutorials for a tool, and then teach the rest of the class, is a time effective approach, and also provides a rich learning experience for their reflection on their skills as teachers/support for their peers.

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