As a person’s network grows and develops so does his/her
ability to learn at a more rapid and successful rate. As Tony Robbins says, “Life
is not about resources it’s about resourcefulness.” As a person’s network grows so does their
resourcefulness, and their ability to learn and master new concepts. The digital tool I find myself relying on most
often on are digital videos. Being able
to rewind and repeat the presentation of the information allows me to focus on
key concepts and immediately review parts of a presentation I may have
difficulty learning the first time around.
Although watching web videos does provided a great amount of information
there are still question that I may have.
Typically I attempt to look for a trusted source of information within
the area or field I would have a question about. It varies as much as asking friends and
family for guidance, to sending an email to a union representative asking a
question about our teaching contract, and including asking a student if
something makes sense to them. I believe
my personal mind mapping strongly supports the central tenets of Connectivism. There are many different areas of my life
that overlap and so do the manner in which I learn in these different
environments. It would be illogical to
only use a small fraction of my life experiences to solve a problem or find an
answer any question I may have. The more resourceful
and information I can receive prior to making a decision or committing to an
action the better my decision or action will be.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Week Two Assignment
Review Source 1
http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/learningstyles/learningstyles.htmlThe Blog itself is limited in visual appearance or widgets but does not lack content and pertinent information about learning styles. The amount of resources and links listed at the bottom of the page shows the extent of knowledge that the author used to create this blog.
As for content this blog directly relates to points that Dr. Orman stated in this weeks resources this website makes a distinction amongst learning styles in how the information is encoded. However instead of using the term encoded this blog uses the term perception. There are basically four different ways people perceive their reality in terms of learning. This blog also discusses how people choose to make sense of the information they have perceived in their reality to be important.
The links at the top of the page provide a great bullet-ed list of what strengths and weakness each learning style has. After reviewing this website I am contemplating having my students next year review this site and try to determine what type of learner they are for themselves.
I found this blog overall to provided a large amount of accurate and applicable information while not getting too wordy or distracting.
Review Source 2
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/think/methods.htmUnlike the first blog that I visited this one seemed a bit over whelming. The amount of hyperlinks provided my mind with too many distraction to initially find a direction and course of action to follow. After Spending sometime on this site i found the amount of information to be impressive and the amount of additional resources to be as well.
Once I had explored enough links to satisfy my initial curiosity I settled in on a page dedicated to Design process. One of the courses I teach is titled Design and Drawing for Production. We spend a considerable amount of time discussions do modeling through the design process. AS I am sure you are all aware there are several different design process models. Naturally I was curious what advantages this one had to offer. This model is a shorter sequence of steps and nearly as accurate in its wording as the current model I am using. Needless to say I will strongly consider this method for the upcoming year as well as researching it a bit more. If I do end up using this method the amount of rehearsal learning the students will have to do in remembering all the steps in the design process will be greatly reduced. I just need to assess if the trade off in accuracy is worth the gain in application.
Week One Assignment
This week in class we were instructed to find and review different professional blogs and resources relevant to content related to our individual work as instructional design professionals. Being a technology education teacher three blogs sites that I have researched in the past are related to the field of education.
1) http://blog.ted.com/
This is blog is part of a professional community that is committed to sharing "Ideas Worth Spreading" (http://www.ted.com/pages/about) These blogs are posts from people in the on the cutting edge of their field. The three fields that TED is concerned with are Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
2) http://www.foreverblender.com/
The website listed above is a blog created to aid in developing skills using the video and interactive software called blender. This program is a free download and provides a tremendous amount of opportunity for students to gain skills in video game and multimedia manipulation.
This
last blog is a blog created by a teacher, Scott Snyder, and the process he has
and continues to go through in taking his class from the 20th
century to the 21st century.
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