Learning Styles and Technology

Describe the importance of the using a variety of instructional strategies and the value they add to education of students in the 21st Century. Evaluate the role technology plays in the implementation of various instructional strategies. How will this impact your teaching of students?

It's so important in today's schools that students be exposed to hands-on, lecture-based, and visual learning. The hands-on aspect of the classroom will give students a chance to experience what they are learning, which will help them retain it longer and have a deeper understanding of the concepts being taught. Lectures, in my opinion, are good for two reasons. First, there are some of those auditory learners out there who need to hear what they are learning. Second, many college and university courses are still set up in a lecture format and I feel it is a disservice to our students not to expose them to that so that they are at least familiar with it. Visuals are good for those students who need to see something to understand what is being said, but also as something to refer back to. These three teaching methods apply to technology just as they apply to every other discipline that students learn, perhaps more so because it is not something that is readily available in every home and not every parent is able to help their child learn it since they may not know much about technology themselves.

The website http://diplomaguide.com/articles/30_of_the_Best_Educational_Tools_for_Auditory_Visual_and_Kinesthetic_Learners.html offers a variety of technology tools to use in the classroom for each kind of learner. The more familiar I become with different kinds of technology, the better I am able to implement them into my classroom. Technology, especially computers, is very exciting for students and it can apply to all three kinds of learners, which makes comprehension in a math class that much more accessible.