1. Kathy Huang
ITEC 299
In the beginning of this class, my scores for the learning preferences
survey was: reflective (1), intuitive (3), visual (1), and global (1). As the class
progressed and by the end of the semester, my thinking changed about my my
learning preferences because before this class I never thought about how people
have different learning preferences. I agree that we all learn in a specific way and
that what may work for me may not work for someone else. It does make a
difference in my personal studies now that I know about the learning preferences
that people may have.
In the beginning of the course, I choose the Mobile / Personal Learning
pathway. I thought it was successful being a learning warrior because I have to
understand a deeper knowledge of how to use technology to its full advantage. I
understand how to use my iPhone to improve my learning during this semester. I
used my iPhone to study music for my Music for Children class and it helped me
understand how important and relevant music can be as a child growing up. My
iPhone helped expand my knowledge of different cultural music as well and I felt
no need to change my pathway because it worked to my advantage.
The activities that were done in the iPads and Tablet Computers helped
enhance my understanding about what technology can do for me. It gave me a
broader perspective that learning can be done anywhere at anytime. I thought
the 3D brain gave me deeper understanding of how to use a mobile technology
because it showed me how intuitive and simple technology could help me. I could
learn about the simple key elements of a brain without sitting in a room and
listening to a lecture. I think that iPads and tablet computers is the best way a
group can learn together because it is portable and it could be used to learn with
multiple people at the same time.
Before this class, I never heard about the Technology Quest: Social
bookmarking and I discovered that it was an essential tool for learning because it
pinpoints what I am looking for. Social bookmarking is straight forward about the
information I am looking for and it was something new that I want to continue on
using for my future classes. Social bookmarking assisted my learning preference
as an intuitive learner because that it helped me become more organized with my
thoughts and what I wanted to present to my peers in class. Social bookmarking
gave me new concepts that I wanted to share with my peers.
The Technology Quest on screencasting helped me explore a learning
tool I alway needed in learning because many classes require presentations and
this technology quest helped sharpen my presentation skills. I believe that
screencasting accommodate my learning preference as a global learner because
there is a method, and there is no need to jump into conclusions without seeing
the beginning and middle of the presentation. It also helped assist me as a
reflective learner because I was able to control what I wanted into a presentation.
I believe that screencasting is an essential tool in learning because it gives both
verbal and visual learners a better understanding when it is being presented.

2. The Technology Quest on multimedia made me discover a different kind
of technology that is being used to research ideas and methods through another
perspective through keywords, or “tags”. Microblogs accommodated to my
learning preference as a global learner because it provides straightforward
details. As a global learner, I prefer to read and skim through paragraphs and get
to the main point. Microblogs are perfect for my learning preference because
they are direct and I do not need to jump around paragraphs. It helped my
learning preference because I have found a different technique of researching
ideas and methods for classes and for my future classes.
During this semester, I found the mobile technology that interested me the
most was social bookmarking because it gave me new concepts that I wanted to
share. It made me want to look up articles more on websites like delicious.com
than Google because it leads me to information that I needed for learning and
education purposes. The mobile technology that surprised me the most is using
multimedia because it actually helped me improve in one of my classes. It
challenged my learning skills and gave me a connection to my theater class as a
performer. The mobile technology that did not seem to work as a learning tool
was using a podcast for learning. As a visual learner,it was hard for me to learn
and follow along even though I knew I could rewind. It was hard to keep up while
I was trying to absorb the information at the same time. The mobile technology
that I want to explore more to improve my learning is using by using multimedia
because it is a innovative way to take advantage of the technology we have and
use what others are sharing.
The mobile technology that worked the best for my learning preference is
using mulitmedia. I am a visual and global learner and I thought that multimedia
helped improve my learning in many ways. As a global learner it helped that
everything that could help me learn better is through Tumblr or YouTube videos.
There are many sources that can have input on what they think is correct and
being a global learner, I was able to skim through what I believe was right and
what I thought fit best for my learning. The benefits of having visuals like images
and graphs gave me the advantage to improve and enhance learning further.
Within the mobile learning strategies that I have learned throughout this
course, the mobile strategy that has become a learning tool for me is using social
bookmarking for learning which also improved my learning. Before this class, I
never knew that social bookmarking can be use to search up information while
storing them into a personal space. I can see myself using social bookmarking
outside of school to keep tabs of important and beneficial links to my personal
goal of becoming a teacher. Many sources and websites could be useful
information on child development and learning techniques for younger children.
The mobile technology that I will continue using for learning after this class
is the multimedia because I can absorb multiple information by different sources
everywhere. Multimedia can continue helping me learning about various subjects
that I may come across next semester and throughout my lifetime. Multimedia
can be used outside of school when I need to research on the importance of a
the job. As I get closer to my future career as a teacher, I want to understand my
importance being an educator, and I can understand through other’s perspective.

3. The mobile technology that I will use for non-learning purposes is my iPad and
overall avoids using it too frequently. I believe that iPads is an add on
entertaining technology that could be useful on the go but not necessary.