Prior to taking this class, I have taken Computer Literacy as an online course twice so I am already quite technologically proficient. Other than taking those courses I have led a life surrounded by technology; I had an e-mail account when I was only ten. I haven't had to get film developed in at least five years because my digital camera is my best friend. As a student in the twenty-first century, I never use paper and pencil for anything; I can't even remember the last time I hand wrote an essay, maybe third grade? As well as using Word to write papers, I only use online sources when researching a topic; to me, using a book as a source seems almost archaic.
Hopefully I will learn how to best use my technological knowledge in the classroom throughout the course of this class. In the future I look forward to helping young students learn how to read and write to the best of their capabilities and I know that this class will give me the skills necessary to do that using technology. Just by learning what kind of learner I am I have already been reminded to use words as well as diagrams to teach my students.
During today's activity, I learned that I am an Active, Intuitive, Visual, and Global learner! I already knew that I was a visual learner; even though I love to read books for pleasure I would much rather learn something in class through graphs and charts, pictures and diagrams. I was surprised to see that I am an active learner. I usually find group work excruciating and would much rather work on my own but I do learn better when my teacher gives me an interactive game to play such as "American History Jeopardy" or what-have-you. It wasn't a big shock to learn that I am intuitive, however. The biggest thing I agreed with is that I absolutely hate doing something twice, I never ever ever double check my work. Looking back, it is pretty obvious that I am global as well. Time after time I will not understand anything the lecturer has said until they say, "and this is what it looks like all together." Then, it's like a little light bulb goes off!
You've had an email account since ten?! Wow! I didn't even care what email was when I was ten. Good post!
ReplyDeletePersonally, my learning styles seem to be a wide mix of all the listed categories. It is very interesting to see how different people learn in different ways.
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