week 7

When you get older you also get a little wiser.  An unknown author states that “We all understand learning styles to be an individual's natural or habitual pattern of acquiring and processing information in learning situations. A core concept is that individuals differ in how they learn. The idea of individualized learning styles originated in the 1970s, and has greatly influenced education. “

The process of trying to figure out how it is that I learn kept me puzzled for a little while. Now my view on it has definitely changed. I no longer think that I learn by looking at notes that I wrote and going home to review the information. I have learned that I miss key examples while trying to keep up with lectures. The ways that I have noticed that I learn is through: repetition, notes, technology and doing something hands on to help me understand fully what is being taught. I had to continuously work at different ways to help me retain information/material without studying the information. Well in the long run I learned that I am not only one learning style, but also all three.  Everyone has their own way of learning new material and I happen to be one of those people that require all three learning styles being addressed during a lesson.

The role of technology in my learning is the promotion of applying my skills or what I’ve learned interactively. Having technology as a component in my learning gives me an opportunity to show mastery on the new skills that I have acquired, and It also helps to see the material visually. Visual stimulation works for me because it helps me to see how things come together. Some people don’t need to see what is being lectured or explained, but sometimes bringing in some form of technology adds a special component, interactive learning.

References:

http://www.learningforward.org/docs/default-source/commoncore/the-role-of-technology-for-teacher-and-student-learning.pdf