Post #1

Theory to Practice
Today was a useful lesson in what "learning" truly means, and the ins and outs of "Learning". The exercise on filling out the questionnaire was helpful in having us understand and explore ourselves as learners. We were able to compare and contrast other learning styles when we compared the data of our Intel team, as well as our entire class. This allowed us to appreciate how although students are very diverse in many ways, the end results of learning/success can be achieved. This allowed me to also realize and take into account the various learning styles that exist.
There was good teamwork with the entire class today not only within our group. We needed help using our Mac and someone from another team stepped up and helped our group out. A lesson in team work as well. Doing the exercise on variables helped to hear some good and bad ways that students can be effected. Not only were we learning whether something was demographic, environmental, or experiential, but we had examples of variables. This also allowed us to get to know each other a bit more in our small groups. A lot of learning went on today in our class. When you reflect on our day everyone brought something to ”the mix”. I love the group learning! I am not one to feel very confident speaking during a group setting, although this setting seems much easier to feel comfortable with doing this.


T2P statement:
If a teacher employs a wide variety of learning activities throughout the daily lesson, then optimal learning will occur because a wide variety of learning styles will be incorporated in the teachings, which will reach more types of learners.