Saturday, March 24, 2007

Diffrent learning levels

This is an "E" posting

Throughout this semester as I have sat through each class I have learned that there is not one student that is on the same learning level as another. I have observed that this has been somewhat of a challenge for Dr. Baylen. His job is to teach us how technology can be used as another teaching tool in the classroom to help our students grow and learn. Through the years as he has taught this class he to has been observing his students to see what works best for them and what seems to be most effective. There are some projects we are doing in class that his students did not have to do a few years back unless they wanted extra points but he is seeing what works best for his students. Sense we are all on different learning levels and most of us are learning of new technologies ourselves in this class he has had to take us through each technology program such as power point, audacity, and movie maker to get those who are not familiar with these programs up to speed. After we have learned the basics we can focus on how these programs will help us as teachers in the future. Knowing these technology based programs I feel would help make the class room more interactive and a little more fun for the student. We may not use them all the time but like Dr. Baylen we can see what works best for our students and work around them.

1 comment:

Christina said...

I completely agree with you. I think he has seen what works for students and what hasen't. He has taken many things away because he realized that they did not help his students. As teachers we need to recognize when something is not working and either modify it or get rid of it completely. Great job.