Post #0 Experience with Tech

My prior experience with technology comes from learning material from high school classes and from taking Education classes here at Florida State. In my high school courses, teachers used SMART boards and projectors to teach material and to help students see content in a different light. In my Education classes at Florida State, we had the chance to visit the Technology Sand Box and were able to see an array of technology that would help students in the classroom. We had the chance to try out and see how many different pieces of tech were used to facilitate the growth of the students knowledge in a way that they may not have been exposed to prior.

Some things that I hope to learn in this class are one, how to use Microsoft Excel in any setting. Another thing I wish to learn in this course is how to use some of the technology in the Technology Sand Box and how to apply that tech to classrooms and students. To gain a better sense of understanding on all things tech is another I wish to gain by taking this class.

In taking the Learning Styles Questionnaire, my results read that I am a little bit more active than reflexive meaning: "Let's try it out and see how it works" is an active learner's phrase; "Let's think it through first" is the reflective learner's response (Felder & Solomon). I also learned that I am more sensing than intuitive meaning that I prefer more facts rather than learning possibilities. My results also read that I am much more visible than I am verbal meaning that I prefer to use images or diagrams to learn rather than words or descriptions. The last of my results show that I am more sequential than I am global meaning that I prefer to do things step by step rather than trying to see the big picture first.