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Chapter 6 was focused around the design of learning environments. There are many different places now where children can learn from throughout the world. Schooling has drastically changed over the years and has shifted around a good bit. Looking back to the 1800s, literature and writing were vastly different in the ways they are expressedContinue reading “Week 11- Chapters 6 and 7”

This week we are focusing on chapter 5 which talked about quite a bit on how our brain processes and how memory works. Our class was told to describe what we thought about the saying “use it or lose it” in regards to memory in the brain. I believe this phrase is very relevant andContinue reading “Week 9”

This week in chapter 4 the book went into great detail on how children learn. From what I understand, babies start out with a blank slate and their brains are much like a sponge in that they absorb all information right up. At early ages children learn a lot by observing others and by adultContinue reading “Week 6- How Children Learn”

As the book discusses, I find it very true about really tuning in and finding out who you are as a learner. The metacognitive approach believes that the more you know about yourself the better you can learn as a student and throughout life. Finding out how you learn best could simply be done throughContinue reading “Week 4-Metacognitive approach view and research reviewer opinion”

This week the main idea of the tasks was discussing about what our digital footprint looks like. After googling myself, I found nothing that would not put off a good impression to a principal or future employer. I am thankful that everything was clear and I believe that this is important and that everyone shouldContinue reading “Week 3- Digital Footprint and Reflections”