Visualizing anything when it comes to children tends to be the leading automatic response. Humans are visual creatures for the most part so the most common learning style would be visual. I know there are a lot of auditory and kinesthetic learners in the world so I am not bashing any particular learning style. Most kids these days know way more about computers and internet than most adults or people in my age bracket, just because they have had it throughout life. I can remember my families first computer with dial up internet and not knowing a thing about how to work it. To this day I don't know nearly as much about computers and the internet as my 10 year old cousin does. With that said, any strategy that gets students involved and eager to learn is a good strategy.
Visualizing with technology is extremely helpful and some of the sites that were given to us as resources are fantastic learning devices. Students these days and technology go hand in hand and the more you use a technology in lessons the more students will feel like they are not being bogged down with boring school work. It's pretty much a win win for the teacher and the students.
Week 15 Observation
13 years ago
“Win win” situations are definitely the best scenarios for the classroom. Teaching today’s students without visual imagery would be like us having learning to read by sewing samplers. Times change and teachers need to change teaching methods to keep up with current trends or risk contributing to the High school drop-out rate however unintentional that may be. Technology combined with teaching experience is the best combination there could possibly be. Technology gives experience better tools to convey knowledge to students who need that valuable information to graduate and become constructive members of society. The sad thing is many skilled teachers full of experience are older and did not grow up with current technology. Until they join the digital nation those teachers and their students will be short changed. Terryl Bratek
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