John+Daw

This is the html page I made for my ISTC 301 course.

media type="custom" key="12702082" This is my Voki project. Here I give my insights on why it is important for preservice teachers to acknowledge technology standards.

Personal Narrative: (Results: **Visual/Nonverbal 26 Visual/Verbal 28 Auditory 28 Kinesthetic 24)**

As most students have, I have been working on my learning style throughout my educational career. Unfortunately, the survey produced an equal result for all of the different learning styles. It was unable to put me wholly into one category. I guess this means I really do have a unique learning style. Though it took a while to perfect, I think I have it down. When doing reading assignments, it is important for me to summarize sections and chapters. This helps concrete the information in my head and creates a quick reference. I also tend to vocalize when I am studying or reading. I don't simply absorb a word and remember it, I like to "see" or "hear" it. I'm not always partial to written instructions or oral instructions. It really depends on the difficulty of the task, who is giving me instructions, and the pressure involved. The CAST survey suggest many strategies that I already use (notecards, writing out in sentences, etc..) These are all strategies suggested to me by previous teachers.

I personally did not find much help within the CAST website. The survey only reinforced what I already knew. With such a wide range of learning styles, it's hard to pinpoint any strategy that would help. I've tried most of the suggested strategies and have implemented a few over time. Though this website was not helpful for myself, I would definitely suggest this site to a younger student who has yet to find why he or she may not be able to remember things like their classmates. One who has yet to find their learning style. The survey is a little out dated (I barely remember puzzles as a kid, maybe puzzle video games?). Other than that, CAST is a great resource for learning strategies.

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Some schools cannot afford real field trip for their students. Luckily, virtual field trips a great break from regular classroom assignments. These field trips introduce interesting information in a fun way. Accompanying a virtual field trip with a packet to concrete knowledge for students is an exceptional teaching technique.

The field trip that I sampled was the e-skeletons website. The use of flash allows for an interactive adventure through different types of skeletons. Students can compare these skeletons to observe similiarities and differences. This is a great lesson addition for a biology teacher on the subject of anatomy or evolution. There are literally hundreds of different bone samples accompanied by real pictures. My favorite part (the section that I would focus on the most) is the flash representation of the taxonomical order of the human ancestors. Teaching alongside this feature would be much more effective than a textbook.

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