Ahh, my first blog posting, ever. I’ve often heard about the wonderful world of blogs, but will admit to my personal skepticism about their usefulness. This is probably a result of my naivety, as well as a concern regarding who would want habitual updates about my life. However, I am beginning to see and appreciate the potential usefulness of this blog world, thanks to my enrollment in CALL 579. I say this because despite my initial tentative blog reaction, I’ll admit that I’m interested in documenting this experience and seeing my progression in the use technology and it fits into my life and future classroom.
To start off this journey, I will describe myself as a learner. I’ve taken learning assessments in the past and the results have said that I have no ‘dominant’ learning style. Apparently, I thrive using an array of learning techniques. However, I can describe my learning style and how I like to learn in one short hyphenated word: hands-on. I learn best through doing. I enjoy having things come ‘full circle’ and being able to explain what is happening as well as why and how it is happening. I am quick to spot the broad themes, and am sometimes easily frustrated with what I deem little details. I learn best when I see things and write them down, but I retain the most when I am actively USING the material. For example, I best learned French when I was in the country using the language daily.
The next question I will address are the types of learning experiences I would consider enduring. Hmmm. Well, I consider myself open to endure a wide range of learning experiences. The time I spent teaching and studying abroad in France resulted in some of the most difficult and challenging learning experiences of my life. However, it was through these challenging experiences that I have grown the most both as both an individual and as a learner. So, although a learning experience might not be what I would initially consider how I would ‘like’ to learn, or am traditionally used to learning, I am open to new learning experiences and ways in which I can utilize them in my life and future teaching endeavors.
1 comment:
Hi Kate,
I really appreciate how you're able to describe yourself as a learner in such clear terms. The EVO experience will offer a great deal of hands-on experience with technology tools and hopefully through interactions with others in the community.
One note - be sure to add a title to your posts - the RSS feed links to the titles in Moodle, and it's a way to creatively capture what you're thinking about.
Bob
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