Week 5

I think that Wikis a very usful tool. I might use it in the classroom; the reason that i say i might is because someone could accuidental make a mistake on the information...and that mistake would be past on.

I know that learning by conversing is more effective than traditional learning. I say this because I am speaking for personal experance; students tend to zone out when they are told something. When students get to the chance to interact, they ge more involved in the topic, hence learning more. Also by using conversing in the classroom, the teacher will be able to tell if the students are getting, what you are teaching, and you won't have to find that out when the test grades come in. I, myself have seen that by conversing in the classroom is more effective that traditional instruction. Again speaking from personal experence, I have observed the differences in two classrooms where one teacher is doing the traditional teaching and the other leaning more toward conversation in the classroom. The students are more interactive, and are pertistingpating more; where the other class the students are just taking notes, and are as silent as the grave....not asking question, just sitting there.

Yes i do beleive that students have different learning styles because everyones different. On the personality test it said that i was a care giver, and that is quite accuate, but I don't know that if it would help in knowing my students better. I say this because I do not know if the students would accuately take the test. But if they did i can see how that could help me, it would help me get to know my students better...the student that's under the shell, not the one they want everyone else to believe they are. I say this because everyone has some sort of shell, and getting under the shell is the trick part.