Personal Theoretical Foundations

                There are many different ways that students learn; I have seen many varieties on how they are easily taught. I have noticed before that some students are set in categories when they learn a new topic. Students understand subjects better by watching and repeating, hands on, something similar to their past learning, just reading the directions, and many more. It all depends on how their brains take in the information or how they need to see the information. The personal learning test that is located in chapter two would actually come very handy in school or classroom. I know that they test students every year to see what they do and do not know, but maybe the school systems should also make them take this test so they can be taught better. I think that if I were a teacher and every year more and more students were failing or not learning much because of the style, I would have the students take this learning test. Once the results come out, the school could put the students that learn the same way all in the same classroom so there would be more taught and test scores would go higher.

                I took the test to see my multiple strengths and weaknesses and this is what I had found out which some of it shocked me. My strengths are interpersonal and intrapersonal, that was not shocking because I am very outgoing and enjoy being around others and having fun while I’m learning or whenever. Then again there are times when I have my blonde moments and can’t figure something out. (Everybody has a blonde moment). Naturalistic was one that was in between my strengths and weaknesses. My weaknesses were musical and visual, the body and work. Lastly was number smart which is not surprising at all. Some of these did and did not shock me because I know this is exactly how I am on most of them. I will be honest I am not one of the smartest students, but I try to be and I try to do as good as I can. I am a student who does need examples, or hands on things to do so I can learn better. That is just my way of learning. There are students I teach that will be like me and there are students that won’t understand so I know to come up with different methods, and I know that the personal learning test would help!

Digital Generation

When I think of the digital generation, I think of all the digital items that I am involved with and all the digital items that I use on a daily basis. I would definitely have to say that I am a part of the digital generation. I use my cell phone every day, and I also use a computer every day. It is all just a part of my daily living and what I do and what I obviously have to use in life.

These portraits compare with me because I have done some of the things that they do or some of the things that they like. I have done something similar to what Cameron does for fun. I took a radio/ TV class in the high school. I have done some special effects when making a video for class. Just how Cameron does his special effects that’s how I did mine. I agree with Dylan when he said he couldn’t learn his ABC’s if it wasn’t for technology. When I did cadet teaching I saw that in a lot of the classrooms they learned either math or English by playing video games on a computer. The students had remembered how to spell or count by remembering how they did it on the computer.

 I think that once I get into the actual school I will be teaching my students how to do most of the work probably on computers or with some sort of technology. I know that it will change and it won’t be the same as in using books. Technology is moving fast in this world and before we know it as teachers we won’t be using textbooks.

           

Starting Something New

Hello all, I am new to blogging but I guess it can't be to hard since I use to write in a journal everyday. I am taking "blogging" as a place to let go and feel free to write how and what I feel. This could be a great thing for me since I am always telling stories or at least talking. Blogging is new to me and that is why I titled it "Starting Something New". Not only is this a new way to write about me or what is going on, but I am doing this for college and college is new to me. Hopefully I will enjoy to blog and keep doing this after my class is done. I hear it is a great way to get your story out and about to people. Well I hope I do well at this and can become a regular blogger! 

-Brooke :)