From the Learning style test, I found out that I am a very multimodal when it comes to my learning style. For example during a class lecture, I can sit and listen without a visual aid, but in our instructional tech class I would be lost without a visual aid. Also the test confirmed my knowledge of knowing that I am a hands on kind of person, but also showed me that I learn by reading and writing. Below is my Picasso Head. It shows that I am a visual, reading and wrtining learner.
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"Whether texting conventions are supported by organized spelling reformists or not, can they possibly solve the difficulty of spelling our troublesome language? David Crystal, the author of “Txtng: The Gr8 Db8,” told me in an e-mail message that “there’s nothing in texting to suggest spelling reform,” noting that texting relies heavily on abbreviations, which he sees as creative stylings, not systematic improvements. He added that there is very little that is new about most of the abbreviations and lexical shortenings that make texting so maddening to so many. In fact, he said, with the exception of a few recent coinages like LOL, “virtually all the commonly used ones can be found in English a century ago.” For example, bn (been), btwn (between) and wd (would) can all be found in a 1942 dictionary of abbreviations."
Responce: I completely agree with David Crystal. Just because people abbreviate words in text messages, doesn't mean they don't know how to spell them. You would have to know that the letter is there to leave it out, right? Because texting is becoming a more common way of communication. It is easier to text than to call someone on the phone for most people. Since texting requires people to actually write out words, even though they may use a shortened form of the word, I believe it could actually help people to become better at writing and expressing themselves through writing. Texting could even be used in the classroom in some cases. For example, you could have students text an answer, or use texting for group work. The video link below tells about celly, a program for schools that using texting.
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Reference:
SHEA, AMMON. "On Language - The Keypad Solution - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/magazine/24FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=1>.
“According to BBC News many educators do
not use video games in learning. They think this kind of technology is only for
fun and does not benefit their children. This point of view is wrong. According
to many researchers, children can learn more effectively when they play video
games than when they read books.”
Response:
I chose this
quote because it shocked me to learn children can learn better by playing
educational video games than reading a book. I had never heard this before. Who
would have known this? I believe children can learn better this way because
they actually like playing video game. Often, many teachers assign books for
the children to read that they may have no interest in, but have to read for an
assignment. If the student is playing a video game, then they chances are would
be interested in at least one aspect of the game, which would help them to
learn.
Reference:
Web 2.0 and emerging learning technologies/learning styles [Web log message]. (2011, May 19). Retrieved from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles
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This video helps to explain how video games help students learn.
