My personal learning theory centered around not having a set theory and this has not changed through this course. I believe in flexibility and pulling from as many resources as you can because students are unique in their needs. I have used and pulled from all four learning theories depending on the situation at hand.
I do not foresee any significant immediate changes in my classroom instruction as a result of this course since I already incorporate as much technology as possible. I do plan to integrate Kidspiration and concept mapping more into my guided reading lessons. I tried it a few weeks ago and the students had success using it as a summarizing tool. I also plan to use more of the tools Microsoft Word has built in to help students improve their writing independently.
A long term goal I have is to begin collaborating with classrooms across town and maybe eventually across the nation. I need to develop a lesson utilizing Wikis, blogs and or/Skype to give the students a goal to work together towards. I would reach out to another teacher in my school or district to begin with. Eventually I would look to find a classroom from another state to colloborate with using contacts made through websites or even possibily Walden University.
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