9.23.2007

Images in Education Lesson


My lesson consists of having the students match colors with their picture. I typed three different color words (blue,orange, green)on to a word document. Half of the class would get a different set of three colors so not all of the students would have the same objects. The directions for the students are that they are supposed to take a picture of something blue, orange, and green, a picture for each color. Then the students with some direction on how to do it, would insert the picture under each of the color headings. Then they could write a short sentece about the object they took a picture of. This incorporates colors, language arts, and technology since they used a digital camera and have to type on a computer. The students would then share what they found while on their search for the colors.

9.10.2007

Teaching Philosophy

Be an inspiration

Enhance their minds

Flexability

Being a guide

Creativity

9.01.2007

Gardner, Bloom, and Dale

Gardner's theory of mulitple intelliences involves eight different learning styles. They are linguistc, musical, logical-mathmathical, spatial, bodily-kenesthetic, intrapersonal, interpersonl, and naturalist. Lingustic deals with how sensitive a personal may be language. Muscial deals with recognition of pitch and composure of music. Logical mathmatic is how well someone may understand/analyze problems and carry out mathmatic operations. Spatial is how someone may perceive the world, pattern recognition and recreation. Bodily-kenesthetic is movement based or manipulation with body parts. Interpersonal deals with relating to others and intrapersonal may be someone who knows themself well and understands their motives. A naturalist deals with nature and how a personal may relate to nature. This theory is saying that students may learn in very different ways and that there are many styles of how a person perceives his or her wold and how they learn from that.

Bloom's theory on taxonomy deals with a herachial pyramid of six different levels. The three lowest levels wereknowledge, comprehension, and application. The next three higher levels are analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. In order to get to the next step you have complete the first. There are new terms which we changed by one of Bloom's former students, those are: remembering, understanding, applying, analysing, evaluating, and creating. These are related to students learning because in order to truely learn something the students most take these steps in the learning process.

Dale's cone of experience is based on a cone which is based on relationhips in education and experiences in reality. The cone consists of direct/purposeful experiences, contrived and dramatized experiences, demonsartions, field trips, exhibits, motion pictures, audio/recording/photos, pictures/visual symbols, and text/verbal symbols. In relation to student learning this theory is and experienced based one and by the children experiencing each of these their learning becomes more concrete.

Gardner's theory supports technology integration. With all of the different intelligences the students are able to use them along with technology. But it could detract it because if someone is naturalistic they migt not understand the use of technology.
Bloom's theory supports technology as well because the levels that are completed also can be used when using technology. You can gain knowledge then move to comprehending everything, and then applying it and so on.
Dale's theory supports technology because his theory deals with senses and which ones are used and all of the senses are engaged when technology is in use.

Each theory relates because there are different ways to teaching with technology like Gardner's theory and various steps to teaching it like Bloom's theory. Also Dale's theory relates because it talks about various experiences and there and different experiences in the three different types.