Learning Inventory and Personalized Learning

What's My Learning Style? 

After taking the test my scores were as follows:

Auditory: 50% Visual: 35% Tactile: 15%

So it seems I am an Auditory learner!
If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing and listening. You understand and remember things you have heard. You store information by the way it sounds, and you have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones. You often learn by reading out loud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to know it. As an auditory learner, you probably hum or talk to yourself or others if you become bored. People may think you are not paying attention, even though you may be hearing and understanding everything being said.

Here are some things that auditory learners like you can do to learn better.
Sit where you can hear. Have your hearing checked on a regular basis. Use flashcards to learn new words; read them out loud. Read stories, assignments, or directions out loud. Record yourself spelling words and then listen to the recording. Have test questions read to you out loud. Study new material by reading it out loud.
Remember that you need to hear things, not just see things, in order to learn well.

Personalized Learning 
Each student has his/her own phase of learning. I tried to change the learning environment at school, by letting the students sit in groups and each group has a laptop. I used Kahoot to explain some terms with regard to "budget", which was the subject I had to do with the students. Some groups chose a PowerPoint presentation, others made a cartoon to explain what a "budget" is,

21st Century Learning

An example of 21st century learning (an assignment) is  here 

Evidence of efficiency 

I use Google Calendar to be more efficient in my performance as a teacher. It gives me reminders, helps me to keep track of certain activities, helps with my time management etc.

Using ICT's to Enhance Learning

A Project we did was called " Encouraging English Elementary School".

Our goal was to develop methods, systems, tools, services, products etc. in order to encourage learning, in this case English, at a fun, educational, entertaining and easy way,. We came up with a prototype which is a method where, by using karaoke, the pupils  learned new words and  made sentences with these words.

The target groups were students of the 5th grade, because in Suriname teachers start teaching English at the 5th grade, so to pupils between 10 - 12 years.  

You can watch the blog  here .   For the project we did this presentation   and used this ICT Tool

We also made this video  of the project.

As a teacher I started to use ICT's in my classroom and also encouraged students to do so.

For example, I had to explain some economical terms like "inflation", GDP etc  so what I did was I made groups of three to four students. I asked each group to do some research, and explain it to me at the next lessen. The students came up with videos from Youtube, Khan Academy etc.

I noticed that the students are also very interesd in ICT, because previously students  used only tradional methods for a presentation, but nowadays they use a lot of ICT's, One assignment they are doing now is to write a simple business plan and present it. Some students used a mixture of traditional tools and ICT's. 

One group's business plan was about a child care center. This group created a play room and used ICT's to develop and present their business plan.

My timeline

TechCamp

I participated at TechCamp 2015, organized by the American Ambassy and the Backlot.

TechCamp focused on using technology in innovative ways in the education system. TechCamp participants and trainers came up with ideas on how to solve problems regarding infrastructure in schools (no internet) and how to encourage collaboration among teachers across Suriname who want to make a difference in the educational system by using ICT's in their classroom.

For a closer look, visit : 

http://ow.ly/UQu1w

Certificate Cohort 1

CERTIFICATE FIRST YEAR

On the 28th of October, I received my certificate for ICT in Education (year 1).

It motivates me to continue. I also hope to finish the second year successfully.

Module 2 Project "Encouraging English Elementary School

Encouraging English Elementary School

Our goal was to develop methods, systems, tools, services, products etc. in order to encourage learning, in this case English, in a fun, educational, entertaining and easy way. We came up with a prototype which is a method where, by using karaoke, the pupils (from the elementary school) learned new words and made sentences with these words. Afterwards we practice conversations.  

Looking at the reactions of the target audience, we could conclude that the project was a success.

A group's picture.

A summary of our project

Module 5: The Rube Goldberg Project

Rube Goldberg Machine Project

Blowing out a candle

1^st step:

-        The construction of a railway with the platform on cups with stones in it which collides with a book.

2^nd step:

-        The book collides with a shoe box in this way causing a domino effect, the shoe box clashes with seesaw made out of foam.

3^rd step:

-        The shoebox falls on the seasaw which causes it to go at high speed against a car.

4^th step:

-        The car, which is placed on a plastic tube, designed to serve as a special racetrack, glides on the track, collides with a heft at the end of the racetrack. The heft itself is attached to a block.  

5^th step:

-        The collision of the car with the heft attached to a block, the result is that the heft goes up and the counterbalance where the balloon is attached to is lowered.

6^th step:

-        The balloon attached to the block is now precisely located above the lit candle, and because of the heat of the candle, the balloon bursts and because of the air which it releases, the candle goes out.

Our video: