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I am a mostly Auditory, Writing and Reading Learner

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What kind of learner am I? I am all over the board. Mostly Auditory, with Writing and Reading not too far behind. I agree with this assessment; it goes right along with what I already thought. For me I like to hear  stories and other things and then write them down. I also go over notes again and again or rewrite them to remember them. So this assesment was accurate. 

Double Entry Journal #2

Quote: "Technology can help visual students by allowing pictures and other visual aids to be used in the classroom. The teachers can use a lot of colors in their presentations by using computers more than they can by using the white board or the black board because computers have many color options that instructors can utilize. Programs like Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word are good examples of applications that have many color options. Moreover, if teachers give this kind of student papers, it is much better for them to include some pictures in their papers and for them to use different colors in the text" (Wiki books, May 2011).

Response: In today's classrooms, visual learners now have a upper hand on learning. With so much technology available and use in the classroom that teachers on the elementary level tend to use them more. In the elementary schools teachers are more focused on learning styles; where as we leave that single classroom setting we are forced in to a lecture setting and can gives the visual learns a disadvantage.

In the college classroom visual learners are cut short. So many teachers still do not use PowerPoint, or other visual aids in the classroom. Lecture is still the number one form of teaching in college classrooms. This makes it harder for visual learners to visualize the topic and get bored easy. I for one am a combination of the three types, but learn more from writing down then anything else. For me visual aids are almost too stimulating and I prefer to read and write notes and enjoy lecture. 

Resources: 

Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles (2011, May 19). In Wikibooks. Retrieved January 29, 2012

Related Resources: I chose this video because it clearly shows how an active learner learns. The video makes it fun and easy to understand what an active learner is and how they process information. (though I would not try this at home)

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Double Entry Journal #1

Quote: What if bad writing is a product of the form of writing required in school — the term paper — and not necessarily intrinsic to a student’s natural writing style or thought process?" (Heffernan, Auguast 2007)"


Reaction: I chose this quote because, I feel that yes, in this day and age the "term paper" is seen as a thing of the past, but it is still relevant today. How are we to learn to prove an argument in our own words with proper style and grammar if we are not taught how to. There are ways to convert the "term paper" in to a more modern idea such as blogs; but we will still have to hold students to the proper writing structure, form, grammar, etc. In the real world we still have to write reports, memos, and other written/typed documents. Many employers will not even look at a resume, or application if it is not readable or legible due to spelling, grammar and other writing offenses. “Writing term papers is a dying art, but those who do write them have a dramatic leg up in terms of critical thinking, argumentation and the sort of expression required not only in college, but in the job market,” says Douglas B. Reeves, a columnist for the American School Board Journal and founder of the Leadership and Learning Center, the school-consulting division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Richtel, January 2012).




Refrances
Heffernan, V. (2011 August 7). Education needs a digital upgrade. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/

Richtel, M. (2012, January 22). Blogs vs. Terms Papers. New York Times, p. ED28.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/muscling-in-on-the-term-paper-tradition.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Related Resources:The article discusses Cathy Davidson and her want to eradicate the term paper and replace it with blogs. It also discusses how blogs are replacing term papers in everything from MBA to literature course. It also states that blogs are a great medium but are too personal and leave behind proper thinking and writing; which I agree.

Richtel, M. (2012, January 22). Blogs vs. Terms Papers. New York Times, p. ED28.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/muscling-in-on-the-term-paper-tradition.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

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I am a California Girl lost in the woods of West Virginia. I am here studying Secondary Education, Social Studies. I love history and love to share my knowledge with others; so becoming a teacher is the perfect profession for me. My concentration is The Civil War and Early American History. I would love to teach on the high school level.
You may not be able to tell by my blog title, but I am a twin, and my title is the Cherokee word for Twin I have an identical twin sister and were are of Cherokee Indian decent and are very proud of it. My back ground is of the Cherokee Rose. It is said that the woman of the Cherokees during the Trail of Tears cried and where there tears fell a flower bloomed, (ie Cherokee Rose).