What I Learned At The Course

Particularly the handling of misspelled search terms or wildcard items was the thing that I feel like I really took away from this week. Certainly, the index creation techniques were learned but I think that to really strongly grasp those I just need to get more hands-on experience with their implementation. The things I learned about for managing search terms I feel like I could, at least conceptually, immediately apply.

After hard work I finally found out I am a kinesthetic, right brained learner. To begin, I used many tools to figure it out including a computer test and survey sheets. My favorite one was the computer test, it said i was a kinesthetic learner. On the characteristic worksheet it stated that I am mostly right brained. That made me confused because for left brain it said, “Good at math” and I’m very good at math. I am right brained because of the way I can be successful. I am better by having a partner to help me work. I always work better with a partner because I can talk through things. I love to learn when I can do it having fun. I can finish work quickly if I focus on the work. If I do my work around tons of noise I can’t do my work. I use

What I have learned these past eight weeks from your WEBD121 is reference. I learned where to go to understand what is going on in the computer. I was surprised to see things work in our assignments. I guess I expected to have more trouble with all the information provided in this class. When I would hook a thing up it seemed it would usually only take a little work to get it to work, and then pass inspection and grading. It makes sense that it would work, but with very little previous knowledge it seemed like it could take a genius to figure it out.

Since I was a child, I have been interested in computers, which unfortunately led me to destroying a few of my parents as a toddler. However, I as became older I was able to hone in my skills and began working at my high school’s IT department, where I became the school’s first Student Technology Associate. As the Student Technology Associate, I worked

Learning about the stages of development and the different approaches to therapy was my favorite content to learn about. Piaget’s, Erik Erikson’s, and Kohlberg’s stages of development were interesting and enjoyable to learn about. I liked being able to connect what we were learning in class to the things I observe in everyday life. The three approaches to therapy: Gestalt therapy, Rogerian Therapy, and Rational Emotional Behavioral Therapy, were also very exciting to learn about. I liked watching the different responses to the different therapy, as I was unaware that there were multiple kinds of psychotherapy.

One concept from the course that is strongly present throughout the case study is that once Mrs. S. loses consciousness, she is considered an incompetent patient. This means that Mrs. S. cannot make decisions for herself. Since this is the case, her only family member/son is deemed the surrogate for her. Therefore, the son speaks on behalf of his mother and makes all decisions for her. Another topic presented in the case study that correlates with class discussions is that the treatment for Mrs. S. is an extraordinary treatment. Even though Mrs. S. is endangering her life without going through with the surgery, she is still allowed to morally object the treatment. Additionally, the case study correlates with pseudo-vitalism. The doctors

This course has given me tons of ideas for different tools I will employ in my classroom. BrainPop is an awesome tool, I love that it is filled with educational games but it also gives the teachers lesson plans to incorporate it into your state educational standards. Educreations is another tool that I will be using in my future classroom. I think it would be great for older students to create their own mini lessons on a tablet to share with the class. I also really enjoyed Socrative. This was a great online tool for administering quizzes online. Being able to watch how

Completing a graphic organizer, as well as analyzing sensory similarities and differences, I came to the conclusion, which was actually apparent to me many years ago, that I was a visual and kinesthetic sensory preferred individually. Now to complicate this noted information, I took the practitioner’s corner questionnaire to determine my sensory preference based on the author’s checklist. This gave self insight to analytical traits that zeroed in on my protracted and complex learning situation style to be a visual learner rated at 73% (Sousa, 2011, p.65). However, the questionnaire referred to another two areas that were 3 to 4 points lower a) auditory (50%), and b) tactile (40%). Overall, I can understand my results. Primarily my strength is a visual learner with the additional two sensory modals being auditory and tactile. These additional modalities depend on the circumstances and tasks at hand. The comparison between the self made graphic organizer and Sousa’s checklist had minimal differences. In my personal life along with my teaching career, I can truthfully say that I am predominantly a

Before taking this course on the Geography of Health, I had little knowledge of global health issues or the methods of science used to analyze, control, and remedy the problems that arise in the health of individuals or entire populations. What was most surprising was the idea that after generations of demographic transition, the world is now employing alternatives to the traditional biomedical (empirical) perspective of health. The three things that did the most to change my view of health were the lessons about disease causation, the role of visual culture in health, and the concept of narrative medicine. Now, I’ll define and discuss the three concepts we covered that did the most to change my view of health.

1. What was your biggest takeaway from this course? My biggest takeaway from this course was the projects. I really enjoyed creating the prezi, infographic, and the technology integration project. I learned more from actually presenting the material than I would have otherwise. I have a new respect for technology that supports student centered learning, mainly because I was able to experience it firsthand this semester.

The part of my project that I learned the most from was the guest biographies. So this is Harry Potter’s biography (Show Page) and this is Kiera Cass’ biography. (Flip page to her biography). These were definitely not my favorite, but I did learn a lot about my guests’

This course has enlightened me to the concept of the learning organization and my role in it. Before this course I felt it was all management things that I could not relate to since I was not a manager.

Assistive technology can support the student by closing the gap between what the student is able to do now and what he/she could do with an Assistive Technology. Assistive technology has been successful to help develop students’ communication skills so he/she may interact with their environment (Bowden-Carpenter et al., 2014).

Technology assisted instruction is a critical area of study in current 21st century education for all learners but specifically for learners with disabilities. As technology becomes more readily

Many college students struggle with the reading, writing, and organizational skills and competencies needed to perform at a high level in college. Assistive technology is shown to improve the performance of students with disabilities in those areas. If we introduce assistive technology solutions to all college students, their performance in college level classes will increase leading to higher retention and graduation rates.