Monday, June 1, 2009
Technology usage and learning styles/MI
As I was reading about on line teaching and how it appeals to different learning styles, I couldn't help but think about all of the activities we conducted and how they do in fact appeal to different learning styles. The wiki (from what I read) is a place for collaborative inquiry space and the blogs and forums are good for individual space. This would be good for interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligences. Honey and Mumford have developed a Typology of Learners and conclude that Latinos, White females, Native Americans, and African Americans are activist learners: prefer doing by experiencing. I thought this was interesting because as I surveyed my students many were tactual, hands on, and bodily-kinesthestic. A technology that could possibly assist with this particular style is online scenarios/simulations. I have participated in a simulation previously, but not in an online format. I think students would find this beneficial, but I know that they may not be cost effective.