Where would you like to buy a house?
The lesson plans for this week were designed for the adult learner to utilize the wiki as a resource bank to put information about houses they have found while doing research. From there the learner has the opportunity to put the knowledge they learn over the 8 weeks into action when they can virtually arrange to meet with the Real Estate Agent through the wiki page, VA loan officer, and all resources necessary for this project will be located on this wiki page. Additionally, learners will need to meet periodically using zoom and document all work being done on a wiki page.
So the underlying question is where would you like to live? Do you want to live near work, in the city, country, near the water or a park?
Additionally, the learners will take into consideration how much they want to spend on this "first" time dream home or if it is their second or third home. Each individual will address their personal needs with a fictitious budget of $250,000 to $500,000. Initially, this was designed to be used for Washington state. However, the steps included in these lesson plans can be used for purchasing a house anywhere in the United States.
Where would you like to buy a house? Why would you like to buy a house there?
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What a smart way to attack this week’s blog requirement, and introduce the WIKI topic to novice users (West & West, 2009). Sometimes less is more. The simplicity of the blog post allows novice users ease of acclimating to the Web 2.0 technology. West and West (2009) suggest framing a WIKI project as a method to engage reluctant/novice users. “Framing the WIKI helps to eliminate the “blank page” syndrome, and has been shown to encourage earlier and more frequent participation in the WIKI” (as cited in Mindel & Verma, 2006). Also, the resource bank captures the spirit of culminating ideas for how to purchase a home. What is also interesting, by using the WIKI in this format, it will serve as a repository of information and an embedded practice mechanism for using the technology; practice makes perfect.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and your feedback. Would it be possible to get the Mindel & Verma, 2006 citation. I would love to learn more about how wikis can be used.
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Mindel, J.L., & Verma, S. (2006). Wikis for teaching and learning. Communications of the Association for Information System. 18(1), 1-23.
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What a very interesting lesson plan! I think that would be great for a first time home buyer, maybe trying to decide where they want to live as they relate to work, but can also see how it could even benefit any more including a retiree. As, that was something I thought about, when I retire, I could take this course to help me best decide where I want to move! :)
ReplyDeleteI also find that this simple lesson plan could even be great for some financial planning/literacy for high school students to think about budgeting and what it takes to buy a home. Currently I think about how my 18 year old could benefit from this course as she looks from moving from Kansas to Florida to live.
Another creative way of how different content can be applied with the used of a Wiki!
Thank you for the feedback. At first I did not take into consideration the high school age group. Thanks for pointing that out it helped me recognize this course could be taught for various age groups starting with teenagers and continually offering this course to adults near retirement age. I hope it helped give the 18 year old some factors to consider in getting ready to move cross country.
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