"Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Confucius
Some of the easier habits, for me, from the 7 and 1/2 habits of Lifelong Learners,(http://www.slideshare.net/LoriReed/7-12-habits-of-lifelong-learners): Setting goals, viewing problems as challenges, accepting responsibility for my own learning, making a learning tool box, teach/mentor others, and playing. There were 2 of the 7 and 1/2 habits that I find to be harder and they are: finding confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner and using technology to my advantage.
I enjoy teaching others, I have found that it is a strong passion of mine to help others understand and learn new things. I am always thinking of ways that I can improve myself as teacher and I love to have fun while doing so. With that being said, playing keeps the soul young and it is a great way to create/instill habits for lifelong learners.
Most of the time it is easy to have confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner but there are times that I struggle to gain confidence. But with my motivation to achieve challenges I turn my problems into positive goals for myself and those around me.
I have never set up a blog before so this was a new experience for me, it was not difficult once I became familiar with the technology, as I stated above using technology for my benefit is not always easy for me. As I begin to use more and more technology I learn things that will help me as a future educator and I am thankful that I am required to use new technology in college. As I worked on this piece I felt enthusiastic about creating my own blog, I am excited about starting new posts.
-Kayla
I can agree when you stated that most of the time you have confidence. Confidence is something that comes with life lessons and experience. I too am glad that we can use technology to our advantage in college. Every task and assignment is so much more convenient.
ReplyDeleteI have found that the more technology I use the more I find new and interesting ways to teach my future students. So I agree that I am also glad that we can use technology to our advantage in college and it is definitely an experience that has taught me some life lessons.
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