theorhetical framework

As a teacher I feel that time, effort, and patience will serve my students the best. I am not a strict person but feel that setting expectations is the ideal way to help children learn. I think as long as they know what you want from them they can try their best to give that. But, if they do perform to their potential it is my job to figure out how to get their best.
   The multiple intelligence theory suggests each person varies from another in the way they learn. Since there are only nine, if you consider all the intelligences defined and those still in the theorhetical stage, there would  be much overlapping in learning styles within a classroom of students. I think my style of teaching will involve  as many of these as possible at one time. 
    My goal is to have a very interctive classroom. I would like to be able to keep the kids moving and experimenting with as many different approaches to learning as I can come up with. I have had several classes at IUE that have shown me how much information is out ther and activities I can use to achieve this. Using relay games to learn States and Capitols, math exercises with objects other than the typical counting manipulatives, the list could go on and on. The point is there are innumeral ways to appeal to students intelligence and since all students possess the same nine in some degree, all would benfit in some way from each approach and hopefully all would find a way to relate to the material I am trying to cover.
     My classes at IUE have shown me several examples of technology I would like to use. Since I can not go anywhere without seeing children with a gadget of some sort in thier hand I think this will open a whole new type of teaching for me. I can not wait to try some of the ideas I have considered over the last few years but I think the more I come in contact with tech options the more I know I am going to have to, and want to,  incorporate them into my teaching. Students relate too well and enjoy using it too much for me to ignore all the potential technology has to offer in educating students.
     I mentioned whiteboards in one of my commets. This has been the most impressive new, to me, technology this semester. I enjoyed making the poster for W200, learning how creative I could be without lifting a pencil gave hope to the artist within. The spreadsheet will make several of my volunteering endeavors easier to track. But the abilty to post a lecture on line where students can access it at home with an adult or someone helping with their homework I feel is an amazing tool. This applies to multiple intelligences in that the person helping them should know the child well enough to relate what I was trying to explain in other terms they would understand.
    Personally I learn best linguistically, spatially, intrapersonaly, and naturalistically. These  intelligences have a connetion in being able to visualize, touch, and apply what I am trying to comprehend into a concrete mental or physical picture. It may take a few examples but normally I can readily understand in these ways.
     Musically, kinesthetically, and interpersonal learning are not as helpful. We all know the days of the week song but trying to understand math but creating a jingle has not worked for me. I am terribly shy. While I am accutely aware of other people, interpersonal learning, groups, speeches, asking random classmates for help, is not something I would do unless I had not tried other avenues to understand it on my own. Though I am learning it is the best way to get the quickest help when I am stuck.
     I am not sure if the intelligences develop as the person develops or if current theory suggests we are wired to understand best in certain ways. I do know there are many ways to approach educating children and finding the best ways to reach every child I am responsible for is going to include using these and all other sources at my disposal.            

Teaching the Digital Generation

    Before I started the W200 class I knew I was well behind technologically. I have only had internet service in my home for three weeks. A fact that constantly nagged at me because of the junior high and high school aged children that I have and their incesant want to use a computer for research, facebook, downloading music etc. So, I am not part of the digital generation. But, the more familiar I become with the options the easier it is to navigate through what I need and want to do. And the options are unlimited!
    When computer classes started, in the 1980's, I was in high school. We didn't use the internet or software, we built programs using "go.. to" and "if..then" statements. The advances of the last twenty-five years in this area alone are mind boggling! Add to that cell phones, Kindles, iPods, and other such gadgets and the world is truly a different place. The students in the video are exactly as I see my children and students I have met through my Service Learning projects. They have the latest technology and they are not afraid to use it. One girl said "nobody talks on the phone anymore, we all just text" Nothing could be more true. My daughter once had over 14,000 texts in one month. (She is a straight A student in all AP classes and plays travel ball so she does more than text.) Even though that number was staggering to me, It seemed to be the only way she and her peers communicated.
     Technology is everywhere. Using it in my classroom will be a must. A good thing about most of it is that it is engineered to be user friendly. Taking time to experiment with it is generally all that is necessary to start, then the more you fiddle with it, the more you can do. Not exposing my students to as many tech options as possible would be the greatest disservice to them. It is what they are going to have to use in school, work, and in everyday life. I know I can't say all appliances work in the same way but there is a certain pattern to most of it so using one type should help them figure out another. Ther more they experiment with multiple types of technology, the greater their general knowledge in this area.
     My thoughts on how to deal with all things digital and technological have not changed. I have learned an incredible amount in the last three weeks of class and internet service in my home. Using Clip Art is easy, making spreadsheets shouldn't take seventeen hours, and I'm not a fan of facebook. I have long thought being an effective teacher would have to include as many interactive devices as possible. My struggles in this class and the way I see the world continually creating new ways to simplify using technology, are evidence enough I needed to get on board , stay current, and teach using technology.        

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W200 assignment

My tech skills are limited. This is a test run.