0. A Few Things About the Writer

I am not very technologically inclined, while my dad and brothers love computers and technology. I do love my laptop and my cell phone but when it comes to working Microsoft applications, such as, PowerPoint and Excel, I am not the best. I used to be very good at working PowerPoint when I was a kid because I would make little shows featuring pictures I had taken of my dolls and that is how I spent a lot of my time. Now I have forgotten most of my skills and am not as good.

I am studying to become a teacher and I hope this class teaches me a lot of ways to get students more excited about learning. I also want to learn for myself. A lot of classes require videos and presentations made on the computer and learning those things in this class will really help me get good grades on those projects and assignments. Technology in this generation is very important and knowing hoe to navigate through a computer is helpful no matter what career path you decide to take.

Today in class, we took a survey and learned a lot about our learning styles. I learned that I am more of an active learner which means I learn better when I actually get up and do whatever I am trying to learn. So if I am trying to find a class at FSU, instead of looking it up on a map, I should just walk and try to find it so I know where it is. Also, I am a sensing learner which means I would rather learn and memorize facts instead of discovering relationships between certain subjects. I found out that I am very much on the verbal learning side. That means that making outlines and listening to steps helps me learn better. This makes sense because when I learn, I like to have a set list of what I need to do to figure out a problem. Last, I am a global learner which means I need to be able to understand the big picture before I can begin to understand the small details of a process. For example, if I am trying to learn about photosynthesis, I need to know what photosynthesis is before I can even start to understand what all the parts of the process are. All of my results for this test made sense and it helped me understand my learning style a little more.