When posed the question, What ways do you learn?, I immediately think back to the times I learned how to do the most basic things in life such as learning how to tie my shoe laces, write my name, change a flat tire, make a hearty corn chowder, be a mother; these I learned by doing.
The way I learn in a classroom doesn't steer far from the way I have learned to do these life skills. I can be talked and taught at endlessly, but am I really learning? No. My learning and retention occurs when I begin to do what was taught. When I first learned how to write up a lesson plan , my understanding of what information goes under the anticipatory set or what exactly classifies as an accommodation was all unclear although I knew these requirements had been reiterated to me several times. No matter the times my professor went over the components of a successful lesson plan, it wasn't until I was sitting in front of my computer doing the lesson plan that I completely learned how to make a lesson plan.
So the way I learn best? That would undoubtedly be by doing. Whether that means doing something a couple of times to get it just right, each time I do it I learn something new. Trial and error results in the best learning for me, and I believe this way results in more, successful learning.
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I like technology and I believe it's a gateway to a brighter, better future. Because of this belief I am pretty technologically savvy. I love knowing and learning how to use the newest piece of technology.I have a 'texting phone' which means it has a keyboard similar to my laptop. I have an itouch mp3 player that allows me to surf the web if wireless permits. I use a mac and windows computer daily. When I was young I was one of those, 'I won't use anything but a windows computer' type of person only because it was something different and I didn't see the use in having to know both types of operating systems. Of course now I see the beauty and need of both systems. As many other things in life, each has its good and bad. I know how to basically use most of the programs on each system, although I am more comfortable with the programs on windows because my high school was strictly windows and I engaged in classes that used these windows programs. In my high school years I learned how to use several of the Microsoft programs; front page, word, excel, publisher, and power point.
When it comes to my experience with technology in college, that is limited. I have used my skills in these Microsoft programs for various college courses. I have yet to learn the latest technologies used in schools and I look forward to learning what these are, and how to use them in this current class, Technology in Education.
The way I learn in a classroom doesn't steer far from the way I have learned to do these life skills. I can be talked and taught at endlessly, but am I really learning? No. My learning and retention occurs when I begin to do what was taught. When I first learned how to write up a lesson plan , my understanding of what information goes under the anticipatory set or what exactly classifies as an accommodation was all unclear although I knew these requirements had been reiterated to me several times. No matter the times my professor went over the components of a successful lesson plan, it wasn't until I was sitting in front of my computer doing the lesson plan that I completely learned how to make a lesson plan.
So the way I learn best? That would undoubtedly be by doing. Whether that means doing something a couple of times to get it just right, each time I do it I learn something new. Trial and error results in the best learning for me, and I believe this way results in more, successful learning.
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I like technology and I believe it's a gateway to a brighter, better future. Because of this belief I am pretty technologically savvy. I love knowing and learning how to use the newest piece of technology.I have a 'texting phone' which means it has a keyboard similar to my laptop. I have an itouch mp3 player that allows me to surf the web if wireless permits. I use a mac and windows computer daily. When I was young I was one of those, 'I won't use anything but a windows computer' type of person only because it was something different and I didn't see the use in having to know both types of operating systems. Of course now I see the beauty and need of both systems. As many other things in life, each has its good and bad. I know how to basically use most of the programs on each system, although I am more comfortable with the programs on windows because my high school was strictly windows and I engaged in classes that used these windows programs. In my high school years I learned how to use several of the Microsoft programs; front page, word, excel, publisher, and power point.
When it comes to my experience with technology in college, that is limited. I have used my skills in these Microsoft programs for various college courses. I have yet to learn the latest technologies used in schools and I look forward to learning what these are, and how to use them in this current class, Technology in Education.
