My prior use of technology has always been for school and recreational use. I like to online shop so finding new extensions for Safari has been something that I see as one of the most technologically advanced things I have ever done. Otherwise, I gained a certification in a technology class I took in high school, but it has been so long I don’t even remember what it was called. I use Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint quite a lot, but I am excited to learn new things and how they can be used in an educational setting.
I have always been interested in teaching, therefore making Education my minor was a no-brainer. However, I know very little about how to run a class room, let alone teach new things to students in a waythey can understand. Therefore, through this class I am hoping that I will learn to make lessons and activities more enjoyable and meaningful now that we are in an era of new technology. I am also hoping I will be exposed to the software and websites that teacher use everyday.
After taking the Learning Styles quiz, I realized that I have very specific ways that I learn. The results show that i lean very heavily towards Sensing and Visual, which did not come as a surprise because i have always done well when tested on pictures and diagrams and i can seem to remeber them better than I would a paragraph. However, I am surprised to see that I scored more in the Global range than sequential becasue when I study things, I feel that I am able to remember the sequence of things well, and have trouble relating subjects to other subjects.
Haley's Blog 