How Students Learn Best

Personally, I never really changed when it came to learning. I always learned best when I had a visual representation and a group to discuss it with. For some reason, when I did not have a visual understanding of what I was learning, I could not commit that information to memory. I have found this to have both positives and negatives. The positives are that you can visualize the lesson in your head when it comes to tests or quizzes. The negative is that not all lessons can be visually represented, like books for instance.

As a teacher I think I will be more aware of the different learning styles and be able to accommodate them a little more. I enjoy making visual representations, so that part will hopefully come easy to me.

As humans, we are taught that rewards are for the better. I do believe that most humans need a reward as motivation. That reward can be a physical or even mental reward. As a teacher, I want to instill educational rewards, such as a prize box for students that complete their homework. This will keep students on track and motivated to learn.

How I Stay Current

You are on a job interview and the interviewer asks, "How do you keep current with emerging trends in education, classroom tools, and technologies?" 

 I would answer my question with one simple phrase....Twitter. I have found that there are so many amazing ideas and inventions for the classroom and Twitter keeps me up to date with them. On the social media site, you are able to follow professional account, such as Google Education and Classdojo. Accounts like these are constantly posting about new products and free giveaways, which is a major plus for a teacher! 

Follow me on twitter to see some of these professional accounts!