Post #0 11.12.16

I will be the very first one to admit that I am embarrassingly super bad with technology. I just recently got a MacBook in July and I am still trying to figure out how to use everything. This is my very first laptop of my own so it's both exciting and challenging trying to figure everything out. I mainly use my phone or laptop to do most things. I just recently learned about websites like Prezi. I am slowly but surely catching up to everyone else.

I hope to learn how to do the basics like PowerPoint, excel, etc to help prepare me for the real world. I know it is extremely important to be a computer literate teacher today. I hope to become "fluent" in all things computer and not have to google or YouTube every single question that I have when using my laptop. I also want to learn "all things" computer so I can help my future students and my peers. I believe knowing how to navigate your way around the computer can only help your career.

I learned that I am pretty well balanced in all three categories. Based on these results I am both an active and a reflective learner. Every new topic or concept that I learn I approach differently. Usually I need something explained to me as I go, rather than hear all the information and then proceed. But in other cases I have to sit back and take a few minutes to process everything I just heard, gather my thoughts, plan out what I am going to do, and then do it. Pretty much every situation is different though. I personally think I am more of a "Let's try it out and see if it works" person but that doesn't always have the best outcome for me. Strictly taking notes on something with no sort of application is difficult for me. Again I am equally balanced between sensing and intuitive learning. This is part of the reason I want to become a teacher. I understand that everyone learns differently and I want to be accommodating to that as best as I can. In certain areas I like straightforward facts and methods but in other areas information won't click naturally for me so I will have to adjust and find ways that I learn best. Once I understand a conception or a process though, I usually pretty fast at executing. I take tests faster than most people. Whether I know the information like the back of my hand or I am not confident in the material, I still finish test rather quickly. This is where the intuitive learning styles come in. Before I took this quiz, I considered myself to be a complete visual learner, hands down. But again, I am evenly balanced between visual and verbal learning. In every class that I take I have to go back in my notes and rewrite them into something visual. I am always scared if I miss one thing then that is the one thing that the teacher will put on the test for sure, so I always write down pretty much every single word the teacher says. Thankfully, now that I take my laptop to class it is easier for me to get everything down. I try my best to listen to everything that is said and attempt to process it but usually I have to go back bad through my notes and make a "cheat sheet" of all the important concepts. Oddly enough, I learn better when my handwriting looks "cute" or neat and I am even more inclined to learn because I like how it looks. I know weird. Also, anytime I am studying for a test, I get a blank sheet of copy paper and write down everything in colorful pens. I would also say I am more of a sequential leaner. When steps are laid out to me and explained in a manner I can relate to I usually pick things up quickly.