Module 1 Activity 2 - Information Processing Approaches

What have I learned from doing the readings and the activity?   I should always try different ways to get my students to retain information.  The way I deliver my lessons should should be changing all the time.  The students should not be expecting just the old chalk and talk as this would become monotonous and would decrease their will or zest for learning.

 I should also try to connect with the short term memory by tapping into their long term memory to make connections. This therefore means students should be more engaged in the lessons.  I have to try to make students want to learn and retain what they have learnt.

  

  

Module 1 Activity 1 -  What is learning?

After doing the readings and really reflecting on those people who have influenced me, I realize that I am blessed to have had such people in my lives - the teachers who help me along the way and the students who challenge me everyday to make my work interesting everyday. Even though I have been teaching the same concept over and over for many years each class is different and each student in the class is different which makes the challenge even greater. Luckily my students are taught to express themselves and they do! So it is with each student in mind and an attitude that each student has their individual differences that I teach everyday.