Thinking Hats Wiki

This was such a fantastic exercise as it forced me to think from different perspectives. There were some hats that I found easier than others. I was quick to come up for suggestions using the black (cautious), red (feelings) and green (creativity) hats but when it came to the white (facts), yellow (ideas), and blue (process) I found I needed to do some further research.

Because I was having trouble answering all the "hats" in the wiki I answered first what came easiest to me. I then stepped away from the computer and drew myself a mind map of sorts. In the mind map I drew each hat then recorded my ideas and thoughts accordingly.

See below for a picture of my "Hats Map"

I feel this exercise was reflective mainly of constructivism and connectivism because of the way all students were building on each others comments and thoughts. This alowed students to connect with each other, sharing existing and new knowledges. 

I think De Bono's six hats is a useful scaffolding tool as it allows people to take on a number of different "thinking" roles and promotes people to think in ways that may not have otherwise.