Share with the class how you best learn? Also share the most common way teachers teach and assess your knowledge. Share examples from when you were in school.
I am actually a visual learner. I love interactive games and getting up in front of the class. When I was in Spanish class in high school, we always would play a game called matamosca, which means fly swatter. We would go up to the overhead in front of the class and she would say a word in spanish and you would have to find the english word, sometimes it would switch and you would need to find the spanish word. The person that hit the word first with the fly swatter first won the point. Everyone in my class enjoyed playing that game, because it was a different way of teaching.I know when I become a teacher, I will carry that game into my classroom.
The best way that I learn is by hands-on learning. It is important for me to learn something by actually doing that thing. The most common way teachers teach depends on the grade level. From preschool-5th grade teachers teach mostly by being interactive. They play games and do other educational activites to enhance learning. In junior high school teachers begin to use power point and overheads for learning. Sometimes junior high teachers will use games and activities, but students are expected to become more independent learners. High school teachers teach mostly by using powerpoint, overheads, or other forms of technology. These teachers expect you to be independent learners by taking notes off of a powerpoint or overhead. When I went to gradeschool I remember many fun activites that we did to enhance learning. For instance, we did junior achievement, went on many fun fieldtrips, grew butterflies in our classrooms, and had an olympic fieldday at the end of the year.
Personally, I seem to learn best when I can interact with others and get feedback on my work. Feedback allows me to see what I am doing right and wrong, and helps me to better my work the next time around. It seems as if the most common way that teachers assess knowledge is by giving tests. In junior high and high school this technique is more evident. After every section, in every class, teachers would administer a test to see what we had learned. The testing technique is not as prominent in the college classrooms. College professors find other ways such as group discussion or paper writings to assess their students knowledge.
There are many different kinds of learners and many different ways that they find they best grasp knowledge. I personally find that I best learn by doing. Therefore I am a "hands on", visual learner. By seeing that actual concept in front of me and being able to work with it, I best learn and remember the information given to me.
I find, in my own experiences and observations, that most teachers today teach an idea to students of younger ages by having them do hands-on work. By using manipulatives and showing other visuals, the students can see the idea for themselves and can learn in that visual way along with reading and practicing the material on their own. In my own education and the education of children I work with at my town's local day care, I find teachers constantly reinforcing concepts to students through practice and hands-on activities in the classroom. As long as educational, it doesn't matter which way teachers relay a concept to students--as long as they grasp the idea and can prove it through demonstrating understanding and ability to display knowledge through testing.
I like to read and then discuss the ideas. Thats probably my favorite way to learn. I think it gives me a chance to share my ideas and also think about what is trying to be conveyed. The most common way teachers assess would have to be the restating of facts. Teachers setup tests to have you spit back the information they have taught you. I remember being in high school social studies, the teacher would state some fact and then when it came to test time and you would have to choose a multiple choice answer about the statement. I think i retain less when a teacher just wants me to restate facts.
I learn best by actually doing something or being asked to prove something like in math (to get up and do the problem on the board). When children are younger teachers get the kids up and involved more, but as we get older they rely on technology more. They want the students to be independent. When I was in science in middle school the teacher would teach us something and then we would have to do an experiment to prove why what she tought us was right. Also in math class we have to get up infront of the class and do a problem and explain to the class how we got the answer and why it works.
I feel that I learn best from visual and hands on learning. It's hard for me to only listen to directions without reading along to fully grasp all of the details. I am glad that many teachers use the ELMO to display test on the screen. Also, I enjoy creating things. In high school, I always loved it when teachers would assign us a project. In my American History class, we had to find 20 articles dealing with certain standards of politics. Then we had to write a response to it and fit the article into a certain catagory and display it all in a creative way. My partner and I created a scrapbook for the articles. We worked so hard on it and the finished project looked wonderful! I definately think that using projects in the classroom helps teamwork, leadership, as well as creativity. It's always important though to use all types of learning styles to make sure you meet the needs of every student. The most creative ways tend to keep attention longer though.
Really for me it depends on the subject that I am trying to learn. When it comes to conceptual information, I learn best by reading the material first on my own, and then hearing the teacher's and other students opinions on it. When it comes to learning data that is mostly mesmorization I learn best through visiual interaction, such as creating matching games for myself. I really can't remember any fun games or aids that teachers used in the classroom. For the most part I felt that I was taught to, but then again, I am a pretty independent learner so it worked out okay. For the most part I feel that educators do most of the talking in the classroom, with little interaction between the students. And the most common way they assess your knowledge is through testing, which is mostly multiple choice when you are younger, and gradually essay questions are incorporated in the older you get.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's comments about learning. Most of you commented that you learn better with hands-on activities -- you will get lots of hands-on activities in this class! I hope to try some new "activities" in this class due to our small class size.
Starting September 16 we will begin working on our podcast assignment. In the past it has taken my class 3-4 weeks to complete this assignment. I don't think we will have to spend as much time on the assignment this semester -- my goal is to complete it by (if not before) Oct 2. Although this is 3 weeks it will include the Thursday (Sept. 25) that I am gone!
Start thinking about ethical technology issues -- for example, cyberbullying.
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I am actually a visual learner. I love interactive games and getting up in front of the class. When I was in Spanish class in high school, we always would play a game called matamosca, which means fly swatter. We would go up to the overhead in front of the class and she would say a word in spanish and you would have to find the english word, sometimes it would switch and you would need to find the spanish word. The person that hit the word first with the fly swatter first won the point. Everyone in my class enjoyed playing that game, because it was a different way of teaching.I know when I become a teacher, I will carry that game into my classroom.
The best way that I learn is by hands-on learning. It is important for me to learn something by actually doing that thing. The most common way teachers teach depends on the grade level. From preschool-5th grade teachers teach mostly by being interactive. They play games and do other educational activites to enhance learning. In junior high school teachers begin to use power point and overheads for learning. Sometimes junior high teachers will use games and activities, but students are expected to become more independent learners. High school teachers teach mostly by using powerpoint, overheads, or other forms of technology. These teachers expect you to be independent learners by taking notes off of a powerpoint or overhead. When I went to gradeschool I remember many fun activites that we did to enhance learning. For instance, we did junior achievement, went on many fun fieldtrips, grew butterflies in our classrooms, and had an olympic fieldday at the end of the year.
Personally, I seem to learn best when I can interact with others and get feedback on my work. Feedback allows me to see what I am doing right and wrong, and helps me to better my work the next time around. It seems as if the most common way that teachers assess knowledge is by giving tests. In junior high and high school this technique is more evident. After every section, in every class, teachers would administer a test to see what we had learned. The testing technique is not as prominent in the college classrooms. College professors find other ways such as group discussion or paper writings to assess their students knowledge.
There are many different kinds of learners and many different ways that they find they best grasp knowledge. I personally find that I best learn by doing. Therefore I am a "hands on", visual learner. By seeing that actual concept in front of me and being able to work with it, I best learn and remember the information given to me.
I find, in my own experiences and observations, that most teachers today teach an idea to students of younger ages by having them do hands-on work. By using manipulatives and showing other visuals, the students can see the idea for themselves and can learn in that visual way along with reading and practicing the material on their own. In my own education and the education of children I work with at my town's local day care, I find teachers constantly reinforcing concepts to students through practice and hands-on activities in the classroom. As long as educational, it doesn't matter which way teachers relay a concept to students--as long as they grasp the idea and can prove it through demonstrating understanding and ability to display knowledge through testing.
I like to read and then discuss the ideas. Thats probably my favorite way to learn. I think it gives me a chance to share my ideas and also think about what is trying to be conveyed. The most common way teachers assess would have to be the restating of facts. Teachers setup tests to have you spit back the information they have taught you. I remember being in high school social studies, the teacher would state some fact and then when it came to test time and you would have to choose a multiple choice answer about the statement. I think i retain less when a teacher just wants me to restate facts.
I learn best by actually doing something or being asked to prove something like in math (to get up and do the problem on the board). When children are younger teachers get the kids up and involved more, but as we get older they rely on technology more. They want the students to be independent. When I was in science in middle school the teacher would teach us something and then we would have to do an experiment to prove why what she tought us was right. Also in math class we have to get up infront of the class and do a problem and explain to the class how we got the answer and why it works.
I feel that I learn best from visual and hands on learning. It's hard for me to only listen to directions without reading along to fully grasp all of the details. I am glad that many teachers use the ELMO to display test on the screen. Also, I enjoy creating things. In high school, I always loved it when teachers would assign us a project. In my American History class, we had to find 20 articles dealing with certain standards of politics. Then we had to write a response to it and fit the article into a certain catagory and display it all in a creative way. My partner and I created a scrapbook for the articles. We worked so hard on it and the finished project looked wonderful! I definately think that using projects in the classroom helps teamwork, leadership, as well as creativity. It's always important though to use all types of learning styles to make sure you meet the needs of every student. The most creative ways tend to keep attention longer though.
Really for me it depends on the subject that I am trying to learn. When it comes to conceptual information, I learn best by reading the material first on my own, and then hearing the teacher's and other students opinions on it. When it comes to learning data that is mostly mesmorization I learn best through visiual interaction, such as creating matching games for myself. I really can't remember any fun games or aids that teachers used in the classroom. For the most part I felt that I was taught to, but then again, I am a pretty independent learner so it worked out okay. For the most part I feel that educators do most of the talking in the classroom, with little interaction between the students. And the most common way they assess your knowledge is through testing, which is mostly multiple choice when you are younger, and gradually essay questions are incorporated in the older you get.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading everyone's comments about learning. Most of you commented that you learn better with hands-on activities -- you will get lots of hands-on activities in this class! I hope to try some new "activities" in this class due to our small class size.
Starting September 16 we will begin working on our podcast assignment. In the past it has taken my class 3-4 weeks to complete this assignment. I don't think we will have to spend as much time on the assignment this semester -- my goal is to complete it by (if not before) Oct 2. Although this is 3 weeks it will include the Thursday (Sept. 25) that I am gone!
Start thinking about ethical technology issues -- for example, cyberbullying.
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