2. I know everyone has his/her own learning style. For
example, I can absorb information better by reading
the text and pictures, or graphs together. Pictures
really can grab my attention and make me focus in
reading. At the beginning of the class, my score of
the learning styles survey were 5 in reflective, 0 in
active; 9 in sensing, 0 in intuitive; 5 in visual, 0 in
verbal; 7 in sequential, 0 in global. At the end of the
class, I think my learning score is stay the same. I
suggest that everyone should take the survey for a
guideline of how you prefer to learn. The learning
style survey lets me know what kinds of learning
methods benefit to me, so I can pick a right method
in learning. It really is a plus to my learning success.
By Weihua Ye
3. At the beginning of the class, I chose learning
warrior. Its primary goal is personal growth, which is
deeply investigated into fewer technologies. I am
surprised of what we have learned in this class which
I think the class includes too much technology
information. I cannot tell that I have a deep
knowledge of every mobile technology that I have
learned in this class. Instead, I have got a brief
knowledge of each technology, such as iPods, mp3
players, iPads, social bookmarks, etc. I will not
change my pathway because I believe I cannot help
others unless I know the information/materials. In
addition, I want to add more pathways which I did at
the beginning of the class. That means I have more
than one pathway. However, I mainly want a
personal growth first.
by Weihua Ye
4. Among all activities I have done in this class, I think the
activities of mp3 helped me get a broader understanding
of how this mobile technology helps my learning. I was
surprised that mp3 is also a study tool. Before this class, I
only used mp3 for entertaining, such as a music player.
However, after this class, I know mp3 can be a good tool
for learning. For example, I can use mp3 to listen all
recorded lectures, learn new vocabularies, if I have the
apps, while I am on the way to school. Later on, I feel the
activities of microblogs have impressed me because I can
learn so much more from different kind of microblogs. For
instance, I can get the current news in LA Times Fire on
Twitter, and political issue on Tumblr, etc. I think the best
way to learn with others people is communicating in
microblogs because microblogs can send real-time
messages. In other words, people can see my questions
and help me out instantly. It is like a group work which we
work with each other and help each other out.
by Weihua Ye
5. Mp3 player:
as I mention in the previous paragraph, I can use mp3 players to
listen a recorded lecture as many time as I want. It is the best
way to learn when I have no time to take notes or think during a
live lecture. What I mean to think is that I like to think for a bit
when the professor teaches a complicated topic. For example, I
am always thinking that it is too much information to absorb in
an accounting class. I would like the lecture time to be longer, so
I can have more time to write down notes, clear my thought to
make rooms for next topic, and ask questions. I am a reflective
learner, so I would like to spend time to think what I am
learning. Therefore, it is very difficult for me if the professor
talks and talks and leaves no time for me to think and absorb the
materials. Now, I learn that an mp3 player can fulfill my needs by
allowing me to listen recorded lectures. I am also a sensing
learner. Listening recorded lectures in many times can increase
the percentages of memorizing the important information.
Therefore, I use and enhance two of my learning preferences
which are reflective and sensing in learning through the help of a
mp3 player. By Weihua Ye
6. iPad:
iPad is a helpful study tool for me. First of all, it is light
weight, so it is easy to carry it around. Secondary, it is like
a handy computer which means that I can research
information, check my emails, learn a foreign
language, collaborate or communicate with a group, etc. I
am a visual learner. I can use iPad to search
diagrams, pictures, or flowcharts to help me to better
understand information. For example, I always search
pictures in the Internet when I was in a biology class. In
order to learn the materials, I always do extra work
outside the class, such as find photos and pictures of a cell
or human body. Through the explanation of pictures, I
know the location of each part in a human body and its
name. Without the help of pictures, I know I couldn’t learn
the materials so well.
by Weihua Ye
7. Microblogs:
Mircoblogs are for socializing, as well as for learning.
I can contact with other people, who are interested
in the same field, through Twitter. I can put questions
in that microblog, and hopefully someone will answer
it. There are many microblogs that cover different
topic, such as political, science, and business.
Hence, I can choose to follow the microblog depends
on my interest or my major. For a sensing learner as
me, I like to learn fact and connect to the real world
of what I have learned. I am majoring in
accounting, so I would like to learn what have really
happened in the real world about accounting, and
what consequences that people faced. Therefore, I
think I can hear different stories from different
people who already work in an accounting firm if
they also follow a microbolg which is focused on
business. By Weihua Ye
8. From many different mobile technologies, the most
interested me as learning tools are microblogs. I really
want to learn more about learning through microblogs. I
personally think microblogs are a good way for learning.
The bad thing is that I do not know much about different
kinds of microblogs, so I do not know which microblogs are
for business, history, or literature. The most surprised me
as learning tools are mp3. In fact, I had one mp3 players
long time ago which I only used it for music purpose. I
have no ideas how a music player can help me in learning.
Until I take this course, I can use a mp3 player to listen
lectures, study vocabularies, etc. The mobile technologies
that do not seem to work as learning tools are podcasts.
Even though I learned it in this class, I still do not know
how effective it is in learning. The reason I have this
feeling may be too less information about it. As I mention
earlier, I want to learn more about using microblogs in
learning.
by Weihua Ye
9. I think mp3 players are the mobile technologies that work best
for my learning preferences. I am a
reflective, sensing, visual, and sequential learner. First of
all, mp3 players work well with my reflective learning
preference. Mp3 players are allowed me to listen recorded
lectures and review course’s documents, such as outlines. I can
use my own time to do it and listen as many times as I want until
I get the information. That means I can have time to think for a
few minutes of what I have learned, and make notes before I go
to the next topic. Secondary, mp3 works well with my sensing
learning preference. By listening or reading many time of the
lecture, I believe I can pick up some details that I might missed it
in the first time, moreover, review some many time can help me
to memorize the important information. Thirdly, mp3 works well
with my visual learning preference. I like to learn things with
words and pictures together. Mp3 players can store images and
videos, so I can use it to make learning be more fun, such as I can
see a video about the function of a cell. Last, I have no idea
about how mp3 works with my sequential learning preference.
by Weihua Ye
10. After this semester, I will continue using microblogs for
other classes or activities. Nowadays, information is really
important to people regardless of what they work. I can
get current news in microblogs, such as twitter.
I will continue to use iPad for learning at my job and other
outside school activities. Having an iPad is so prevalent
now, so I will plan to buy one in the future. It will
definitely benefit my learning and my career. I can bring it
wherever I go because it is light and portable. I can search
information when Wi-Fi is available if I am out of office. I
can use it to record meetings in order to take complete
and accurate notes. I can use it to download videos about
trainings if I cannot go to learn it in person. As I see in
these days, almost every business person in the financial
district always is carrying an iPad in his/her hands.
Therefore, it will be a wise decision to use iPad for a job
or other activities.
by weihua Ye
