#0 Me and Technology

    Before this class I have used technology in school settings a great deal. The first computer I ever used was in elementary school when they had a set of laptops for each class--kind of amazing for us. In middle school I had the great fun of watching the teachers struggle to figure out the "smart boards" that were very new to the school and, I believe, just new in general. In high school I had a smart phone and got a Macbook for the first time. This was mostly because we had Mac Lab in our art department and i was able to get familiar with Adobe Photoshop.

    I hope to become more competent with the programs that I already use most often. I remember taking courses in high school that taught me the basics of word processing but not anything detailed. I do not intend to teach in the classroom but I hope to learn new ways of conveying information in all settings--I will still need to give presentations and collaborate. I also think that getting another perspective on these sites will be interesting--just for the sake of using technology.

     I seem to fit more strongly into the Reflective learner category. This means that i spend more time thinking about incoming information. This sounds very much like me--I usually deliberate over my assignments and study materials. I seem to have a good balance of sensing and intuitive learning styles as well as sequential verses global learning types. The latter was a bit surprising because I always think of myself as a strict instruction follower. It also turns out--unsurprisingly--I am more of a visual learner. This has always been true for me, diagrams are always more helpful to me than a written description.