Theoretical Framework

I believe that student’s best learn when they are exposed to different teaching techniques. This includes a mixture of visual, verbal, and hands on teaching. Students also learn best with the incorporation of technology such as computers. I feel the best way to communicate with students is to befriend them and be as kind as possible.

I believe all students have different learning characteristics and the best way to assess them is to incorporate all the learning styles. Students shouldn’t have the same expectations and with that being said all students shouldn’t be taught the same way. The best way is to incorporate all learning styles to reach all the students.

I am not sure what my learning style is at this point, mainly because I haven’t had the chance to interact in a classroom much. I hope to find out soon what it is so I can work on it and really capitalize on it. I am very adaptable so hopefully I can adapt to my student’s needs quickly. I will learn how each student learns and try my best to help each student as much as I possibly can.

I feel that technology will have a dominant role in my teaching style. I will use technology to teach the students and to help them since they are part of the digital generation. I am very comfortable with technology and very adaptable to the technological advances. I think technology fits into the students learning styles because they are comfortable with technology since they have been raised with technology.

My multiple intelligence strengths are Kinesthetic, Naturalistic, Intrapersonal, and Interpersonal. My multiple intelligence weaknesses are Musical, Linguistic, and logical. Visual/Spatial is in between.  I believe the test was fairly accurate because most of my strengths and weaknesses are true about me.

Digital Generation

I definitely think I am part of a digital generation. I have several reasons to support this. One reason would be I am only 19 and I have grown up with and around technology. My whole life I have sort of depended on technology such as cell phones, computers, and much more. Technology was also used in in my school to teach me throughout my life. I also use social networking in my everyday life to stay in contact with people I know. The portraits compare to me and my peers because the kids are heavily into technology just like my peers and I am. The kids use technology every day and depend on it. I have noticed that even people I graduated with are always on social networks such as Facebook. The kids in the portraits also use social networks in their everyday lives.  These kids are also like the K-12 students I have encountered because they are around the same age as the students. The students also use technology about as much as the students in the portraits. I also have two younger brothers so I have realized how much they rely on technology. The kids in the portraits compare to my brothers because of the heavy use of technology. My thoughts on how I can use technology in the classroom has definitely changed. I have realized that kids use  technology more than I have realized. This means that students might actually learn more with the help of technology more than they would with just old techniques. I can incorporate more technology into my teaching and in return benefit the students more. I think this exercise has definitely been beneficial to me. I have learned more about the digital generation and I have also got an idea of how I can use technology when I am teaching students.