Double Entry Journal # 2

Games like Guitar Hero 3 will help the auditory students to use the guitar as video games. The music teachers can use this kind of games to teach their students how to use the guitar.

In the article we read, I actually enjoyed most of their ideas, and agreed with most that I know others will not. For example, students learning more from video games than books. Personally, I find textbooks overly dull and would learn much more if it were a video game. However, the quote I put above is a gross misinterpretation of the game Guitar Hero 3. As well as any of the other musical games. This quote implies that music teachers can substitute this video game for a real guitar. However, the author has obviously never played this game before. The guitar you are given to play is basically a short electronic guitar shaped keyboard. It has five buttons on the neck that you push to make "different notes" on the game, and has a paddle to substitute for strings. In no way does this replace learning chords, notes, hand positions, and strumming styles that you must master to play a real guitar. However, the idea behind this statement was a good one. The idea that teachers can use games to pantomime a real activity can help learners try to understand basics of a task. But in no way should these games replace the real thing.ug


Reference:
Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Learning Styles. (2011, May 19). InWikiBooks.
Retrieved January 28, 2012, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles

Related Resource:

The picture above shows that a video game's version of a task or activity will never take the place of the real thing.

(Kent, Tayler

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonview.asp?start=&search=news&catref=ktyn197&NC_Category=&ANDkeyword=&ORkeyword=&TITLEkeyword=&NEGATIVEkeyword)

My learning style

From the VARK test that we took in class, I have learned that I am mostly a Reading/Writing learner. This much I assumed for myself. But I also learned that I am also a secondary kinesthetic learner. I find this to be vary accurate. Here is a PicassoHead of myself, the Reading/Writing learner. :)

Technology itself is moving more and more away from reading and writing and is placing more emphasis on visuals, pictures, and digital interaction. Which is great, but that also puts a strain on learners like me. So trying to incorporate technology into a classroom filled with learners like me will be a little difficult. But here are some ideas.

First, an assigned online reading about what we are talking about in class could be given for homework, followed by a digital submission of a paragraph of how the reader felt about the article. Including reactions, what they liked or agreed with, and what they didn't like or disagreed with. This links to ISTE-NETS standard one of advancement of student learning through knowledge of content area.

Second, say a drama class was given a project to create their own one act show. The students must also incorporate certain theatrical techniques into their one-act. The students could be taken to the computer lab to do research on these techniques and how to best accomplish them. They could them use the computer to type up their script and print it out for use in class. Or, if the classroom is equipped with a smartboard, they could put the script up their and allow the others in their group to edit the script up on the board.This links to ISTE-NETS standard two and incorporating digital tools to promote student learning,

Finally, in an English class if students were writing a letter to their congressman about a a bill, students will want to make sure that the letter is perfect. So, in class if they are taken to the computer lab, they can type their letter and e-mail it to another student in the class for peer review. The students can edit or ask questions of the paper with a drawing tool(i.e. paint) and then e-mail it back to the original writer. They can they revise and e-mail the letter to their congressman. This process saves money, paper, and ink, by not having to print out excess paper as a solely digital process. This also relates to standard four, promoting model digital citizenship. Not only are the students getting involved and learning about government. But also are becoming environmentally friendly by using the technology around them to the fullest extent.

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Introductory Post

My name is Erika Johnson and I am a freshman at Fairmont State University. I am studying Secondary Education with a focus in Language and Literature, as well as Oral Communications and hope to teach High School English, Drama, Journalism, and Speech after I graduate. I believe that teaching should be about encouraging students and preparing them for their future. Not forcing them to take classes they don't want to take. Students should be allowed to take classes that are mentally stimulating and pertain to their interests. Teachers should not feed answers to students, but instead engage and encourage students to find them for themselves.