Monday, December 14, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
Built For Learning
An ideal learning environment for me would be somewhere I can move around freely when I am working on a project. Also, having tables big enough for me to spread some of my papers or materials on to stay organized. I like to have a schedule in my classroom but I also like to have those days where there isn't a schedule and you just focus on doing things for me. When these characteristics are taken in and put into a classroom for students it helps a lot of the students that have these learning styles. It is always good to pay attention to your students and what makes it easy for them to learn. You have to create an environment in which makes the students wants to learn. In the Ted Talk with Will Richardson he introduces a quote from Seymour Sarason "Productive learning is where the process engenders and enforces wanting to learn more. Absent wanting to learn, the learning context is unproductive." Without the students wanting to learn it adds another difficulty to teaching. I think classes shouldn't last longer than an hour. After a while and after sitting down and listening to the same thing for more than an hour students get bored and start to think about other things rather than listening to who is speaking. If a class is longer than hour then maybe bring opportunities to not sit for an hour. For example, do activities in between the lecture or even do a lecture for half of the class and then finish class with an activity or game, depending on the class/age group. I would maybe take surveys every 3 weeks from the students to see what they like and don't like it the classroom. For their progress in the class and on the material I would maybe create an activity, worksheet or even a test to see where they all stand.
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