Agenda: Learning Theories (Introduction) and Google Page Creator
The last few classes have focused on Curriculum Standards. It helped us answer the questions
1. How do educators know what to teach?
2. How do they know what students should learn?
Now we will move on another piece of the learning puzzle, Learning Theories. The questions we will be asking ourselves are:
1. How do educators know how to meet the needs of the specific learners with which they are working?
2. Are their different types of learners?
3. Does everyone understand subject matter in the same way?
4. How can teachers identify the different types of learners in their classrooms?
In order to prepare for Friday's class:
1. Take this online quiz to determine your learning style. Bring a print out to class. You will be handing it in - as part of your participation grade.
But understanding learning styles is just one part of this puzzle piece. Understanding the various learning theories is important to be able to prepare an appropriate learning environment for your students.
2. Read the following explanation on learning styles after you have taken your online quiz. Bring a print out of your quiz results and be prepared to share what you have learned.
The rest of our class time will focus on learning how to create a Google Page. The tutorial we will be using can be found at http://martin.blow.googlepages.com/BeginnersGuide.pdf
We will not be following the directions step by step but it is a great reference tool.
3. Have 3 images saved to your USB.
