Planned Contributions
To familiarize myself with the content of the class wiki, I navigated through the different links present on the main page.
The first tab that drew my attention was the "Educational Thinkers" page located at http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Educational_Thinkers I followed a link to a page dedicated to Bill Hunter http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Bill_Hunter One of my planned contributions is to check the UOIT website, as well as the class blackboard, for any additional information about our Principle of Learning professor and update this information.
On the Educational Thinkers page, I didn't notice many key names in the field of SLA so I decided to continue my search on the "Theorists" page located at: http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Theorists However, there weren't many names present on this page either although I did notice a few names including Krashen and Vygotsky. At this time, I decided that part of my planned contributions will be to add some notable theorists in area of SLA.
To decide on a list key theorists and their theories to add to the class wiki, I did a search for "SLA" in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Language_Acquisition I was impressed by the amount of information on this page including language transfer, differences between 1st and 2nd language acquisition, learner language, interlanguage, sequences of acquisition, comprehensible input, Universal Grammar, Long's Interactional Hypothesis etc and other theories/theorists. This page, also described the cognitive approach to SLA and the Computational Model (which is in direct contrast with linguistic theories) as well as sociocultural factors.
My other planned contributions, are to add the following names to the "Theorists" page: Michael Long, Rod Ellis, Gardner. I would also like to ask Dr. Hunter, if he would like to add a main page for SLA to the class Wiki. If he is in agreement, I could use this page to start the work of introducing SLA and how it is tied closely with the fields of psychology and education. By organizing this page for present and future contributions, it would allow for key theories/theories to be inputted for SLA. My vision is to have this information provided through links to the other pages that already exist on the class wiki especially the "Theorists" and "Theories" previously mentioned.
My last planned contribution, to the class wiki, is to edit and add content to the Learning Technologies Page at: http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Learning_Technologies As technology is continually changing and adapting, I see a need for this information to be continually reviewed and updated.
To familiarize myself with the content of the class wiki, I navigated through the different links present on the main page.
The first tab that drew my attention was the "Educational Thinkers" page located at http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Educational_Thinkers I followed a link to a page dedicated to Bill Hunter http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Bill_Hunter One of my planned contributions is to check the UOIT website, as well as the class blackboard, for any additional information about our Principle of Learning professor and update this information.
On the Educational Thinkers page, I didn't notice many key names in the field of SLA so I decided to continue my search on the "Theorists" page located at: http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Theorists However, there weren't many names present on this page either although I did notice a few names including Krashen and Vygotsky. At this time, I decided that part of my planned contributions will be to add some notable theorists in area of SLA.
To decide on a list key theorists and their theories to add to the class wiki, I did a search for "SLA" in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Language_Acquisition I was impressed by the amount of information on this page including language transfer, differences between 1st and 2nd language acquisition, learner language, interlanguage, sequences of acquisition, comprehensible input, Universal Grammar, Long's Interactional Hypothesis etc and other theories/theorists. This page, also described the cognitive approach to SLA and the Computational Model (which is in direct contrast with linguistic theories) as well as sociocultural factors.
My other planned contributions, are to add the following names to the "Theorists" page: Michael Long, Rod Ellis, Gardner. I would also like to ask Dr. Hunter, if he would like to add a main page for SLA to the class Wiki. If he is in agreement, I could use this page to start the work of introducing SLA and how it is tied closely with the fields of psychology and education. By organizing this page for present and future contributions, it would allow for key theories/theories to be inputted for SLA. My vision is to have this information provided through links to the other pages that already exist on the class wiki especially the "Theorists" and "Theories" previously mentioned.
My last planned contribution, to the class wiki, is to edit and add content to the Learning Technologies Page at: http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Learning_Technologies As technology is continually changing and adapting, I see a need for this information to be continually reviewed and updated.
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