Blogs in Education Project
1. Yes the results are similar because they are the most popular that are looked at and they are the most helpful. I believe that most search engines are the same but with different websites that appear at a later date on the site. I do not see many differences in each website except for the material that is on the future pages.
2. Three ways that bogs are being used in interesting ways are using other teacher’s power points, having students post homework on personal blogs and by communicating with students in other parts of the world.
Using power points teachers can use lessons from other teachers and not have to waster their prep periods in making them. This also allows teachers to change the power points to make it more suitable for each class they teach. Teachers can use blogs by having students post homework on them instead of having everything be turned in by hand. This will help save paper and will allow teachers to grade papers from the comfort of their home or office. Using blogs to communicate with students in other parts of the world helps teach students different climates and let them see what students in other economies learn on a daily basis.
3. I would use the readers because I like to see information on the side of the screen and this would allow me to catch up on news and sports in a matter of seconds. I might use it in a classroom to let studetns catch up on world news and sports and would make sure that each reader I use would have a search engine built in to them for quick access to the web. Students could also do a project on comparing and contrasting different readers in order to find the best one that the class will use.
4. I believe the impact of using blogging and RSS readers in the classroom would help students more then hurt them. Blogging will help show teachers that the students are technologically advanced and have the ability to enter the world with computer skills. The RSS readers will help give students up to date news that most students would not follow or know about if the reader was not there.
5. 2 pros
Easy to make and update blogs
Easy to look at and grade
RSS reader is quick way to get world-wide news
RSS reader is easy to work with and easy to get minimize
2 cons
Students might not have computer to make site
Students might not have ability to update on regular basis for hw
RSS reader is distracting when using in classRSS reader is sometimes not the same as others which makes it harder to decide which one is perfect for students.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Learning Styles Project
Learning styles
The learning style that I looked at was Learning Styles and Strategies. It measured if people were sensing learners and intuitive learners along with visual and verbal learners. The test also decided if the tester was an active or reflective learner and if they were a global learner or a sequential learner.
The instrument used to test all of these methods was a test. The tested asked questions such as
If I were a teacher, I would rather teach a course(a) that deals with facts and real life situations.(b) that deals with ideas and theories.
OR
I would rather first(a) try things out.(b) think about how I'm going to do it.
The learning style instrument was a test which after completion gave results to the test taker. The learning style results that I came to were that I was an active learner over a reflective learner. I was a sensing learner over an intuitive learner. I was a visual learner over a verbal learner and I cam pretty much even when I was tested over sequential learner to global learner.
After reviewing these results I believe that the results were correct. I am an active learner because I like to work in groups and I do find it easier to retain information if I find a way to do something with the information besides just try to memorize it. I am a sensing learner because I like to learn facts, such as sports facts and trivia, and I like to solve problems and be hands on more then intuitive learners. I also enjoy taking classes that pertain to the real world, not just learning information that means nothing to me.
I was rated very highly as a visual learner because I need to see things before I can understand them. I like to be able to look at the bigger picture before I can truly understand what is gong on. When looking at the sequential vs. global learner I was right in the middle. I guess this could mean that I understand things when I take a large jump into things and when I take time to look at all the steps one by one. Overall though I feel that I am more of a sequential when looking at math problems but a global when looking at bigger things such as sports and things I understand and am enthusiastic about.
The website I took this information from was…
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
I believe that I could use my new understanding about my learning styles into my future as a teacher by helping students seeing the bigger picture in the sports part of my PE lessons. I could begin by giving the students step-by-step instructions on how to play sports such as soccer then show them the big picture of how to play it. This kind of teaching method is a whole-part-whole. This could work perfectly for both the sequential and global part of teaching.
Being a visual learner I could teach this by showing lots of pictures of health problems and ways to play sports. I could also teach by using strictly PowerPoint or by using handouts so that I could see the information while teaching it and my students could see the information as well.
I would make all my lessons apply to the real world because I am a sensing learner. There is nothing more I hated as a student then learning information that I knew would not be any use to me in the future. Everything I teach my students will be relevant to the games and lessons I teach to all of my students.
Overall I feel that after looking at all of my learning styles I have become more aware of who I am as a teacher and as a learner. In the future I will be willing to change lesson plans I have previously made in order to reach my students. I feel though my learning styles are what I am comfortable to and I will use them to teach my students to the best of my ability when I become a teacher.
The learning style that I looked at was Learning Styles and Strategies. It measured if people were sensing learners and intuitive learners along with visual and verbal learners. The test also decided if the tester was an active or reflective learner and if they were a global learner or a sequential learner.
The instrument used to test all of these methods was a test. The tested asked questions such as
If I were a teacher, I would rather teach a course(a) that deals with facts and real life situations.(b) that deals with ideas and theories.
OR
I would rather first(a) try things out.(b) think about how I'm going to do it.
The learning style instrument was a test which after completion gave results to the test taker. The learning style results that I came to were that I was an active learner over a reflective learner. I was a sensing learner over an intuitive learner. I was a visual learner over a verbal learner and I cam pretty much even when I was tested over sequential learner to global learner.
After reviewing these results I believe that the results were correct. I am an active learner because I like to work in groups and I do find it easier to retain information if I find a way to do something with the information besides just try to memorize it. I am a sensing learner because I like to learn facts, such as sports facts and trivia, and I like to solve problems and be hands on more then intuitive learners. I also enjoy taking classes that pertain to the real world, not just learning information that means nothing to me.
I was rated very highly as a visual learner because I need to see things before I can understand them. I like to be able to look at the bigger picture before I can truly understand what is gong on. When looking at the sequential vs. global learner I was right in the middle. I guess this could mean that I understand things when I take a large jump into things and when I take time to look at all the steps one by one. Overall though I feel that I am more of a sequential when looking at math problems but a global when looking at bigger things such as sports and things I understand and am enthusiastic about.
The website I took this information from was…
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
I believe that I could use my new understanding about my learning styles into my future as a teacher by helping students seeing the bigger picture in the sports part of my PE lessons. I could begin by giving the students step-by-step instructions on how to play sports such as soccer then show them the big picture of how to play it. This kind of teaching method is a whole-part-whole. This could work perfectly for both the sequential and global part of teaching.
Being a visual learner I could teach this by showing lots of pictures of health problems and ways to play sports. I could also teach by using strictly PowerPoint or by using handouts so that I could see the information while teaching it and my students could see the information as well.
I would make all my lessons apply to the real world because I am a sensing learner. There is nothing more I hated as a student then learning information that I knew would not be any use to me in the future. Everything I teach my students will be relevant to the games and lessons I teach to all of my students.
Overall I feel that after looking at all of my learning styles I have become more aware of who I am as a teacher and as a learner. In the future I will be willing to change lesson plans I have previously made in order to reach my students. I feel though my learning styles are what I am comfortable to and I will use them to teach my students to the best of my ability when I become a teacher.
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