The Way I Learn
The way I learnt used to be very traditional. I learnt stuff from teachers, parents, books, and TV. At my younger age, I don’t have a computer. I studies class notes and books after school. I read newspapers and magazines for knowledge. The materials I used are all printed sources. I learnt what I saw, what I heard, what I listened, and especially what I did. For example, I used to love the science lab than the science class, because I could learn more when I did than when I listen.
Now it is new technology era, the way we learn has tremendously changed. Besides the printed materials, we have electronic materials, digital materials, virtual images…etc. Now I learn most of the new stuff via Internet. I rely on Internet a lot, searching news, information, instructions, and road maps. I am taking course online. I am browsing library collection online.
To have knowledge and use of multimedia will help or motivate us to learn. Years ago, I bought a video game CD-ROM for my daughter to train her keyboard typing skill. That motivated her in learning the proper way of typing. Now she has very good and correct typing skill. I remember that I also bought CD-ROM for math game, language learning game, and so on. Therefore, for kids, learning could be fun if you use the right media to help them. For me too; I love to learn new stuff. I am happy to register medi 506 and get to know new media for using in education. As a teacher, I recognize the way children learn in these days is absolutely different from the way we learn. Applying new multimedia into curriculum is essential to education our new generation, because they tend to do everything for fun.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hi tiffanny, this is sylvester aka slycat. I read your blogg and I must agree I learned a great deal of the things I know in a similiar fashion. I watched a great deal of tv, probably more than I should've. I was also heavy into reading and video games, and I had some teachers that mentored to me when I was young. I now intend to return the favor and give back to my community when I become a teacher.
ReplyDeleteI have two children. One in college, a freshman @ msu, who is teaching me some new things about new technology. I also have a 5yr old who I teach constantly and try to balance her learning time bteen the inernet, tv, school, and reading, oh and video games and outside activities.
I agree with your points that students tend to do things for fun -- but I also don't think that everything we do has to be fun. Maybe it's just that it has to make sense, have a point, connect to their lives.
ReplyDeleteGood that you're learning your game -- don't forget to post about that to this blog (I know you posted about it to the class blog) so that I can give you credit for it, since this is the one that shows your learning over the course of the semester.