Presentation for

1. Claire Menchaca, Nicholas Pallonetti, and Ty Miller

2.  At the beginning of this class I took a survey and I found out my preferences
in the class’ learning styles. I scored a 1 for reflective, which means I am
more of a reflective learner than an active learner, but I am still balanced
between the two styles. Reflective learners prefer to think about it new ideas
quietly first before discussing it. The next learning styles category was
sensing and intuitive. I scored a 3 towards intuitive, this means I may be
better at grasping new concepts over memorizing facts. The next category
was visual and verbal; I scored a 5 towards visual. That score indicates that
while learning pictures, graphs, and charts will definitely help me to
remember what I need to study. The last category on the survey was
sequential and global; I scored a 3 on the sequential side. This means when I
learn it is easier for me if there is some type of linear steps or patterns to
connect the material. After finishing this course I feel as though learning
preferences are correct and I took tips to help me benefit from knowing how
I learn. Because I am a reflective learner while studying I would stop
periodically to review what I read and to think about it and ask my self-
questions. I also started to pay special attention of charts and images in my
textbooks, which helped me, connect with my readings, I used techniques
from being a visual learner.

3.  At the beginning of the class when I first took the
learning preferences survey, my scores were:
reflective 5, sensing 5, visual 3, sequential 3. At
the end of the class my thinking has changed
about my learning preferences. I already had a
good idea of what my learning preferences were.
For instance, I knew I was a visual and reflective
learner but knowing that I am also a sensory and
sequential learner has helped me to to have a
better focus on the way I study. I now try to
focus on the facts while note-taking and I try to
set my notes and study guides up in some sort of
step by step order.

4.  My learning preferences for the class are visual and
active. At the beginning of the semester when I took
the learning preferences test they were all heavily
weighted towards visual learning. I think this really is
a societal norm because if the technology based
society we live in today. I think now at the end of this
class this understanding is even more in depth. I now
look at learning styles, like visual learning, as an
opportunity to share and discuss our knowledge with
others through other various visual learning vehicles.
I still think our society is building many visual
learners but I also know that it other learning styles
are out there and that it is important to understand
all of them.

5.  Claire: At the end of class my ideas about learning preferences changed,
I realized that all the different preferences should be represented in a
successful learning environment. Because I now know my learning
preferences I am able to study in a productive way and save myself
sometime.
 Nicholas: At the end of the class my thinking about learning preferences
hasn’t changed but it has expanded. As I said previously I was already
aware that I was a visual and reflective learner, but I didn’t know that
there were other types of learning at all. Knowing my other two learning
preferences has helped me hone my studying skills.
 Ty: At the end of class my overall perspective on learning and learning
preferences has not so much changed but evolved. I still have a strong
belief in adhering education curriculum towards individual learning
styles, and I think this class is one example of how this is possible. As I
said before I am a visual and active learner, and this hasn’t changed. I do
think this class did try its best to incorporate mine and every one elses
learning styles.

6.  At the beginning of the semester I choose to be in the
Mobile / Personal Learning Guild and I hoped to get a
deeper knowledge of mobile technologies, which made
me a Learning Warrior. I chose to be a Learning Warrior
because I had recently gotten a new iPod and I wanted
to utilize it in the best way possible. I believe I was
successful in getting a deeper sense of my technology
through this class. After doing the learning quests I
realized that to utilize my technology to the fullest I had
to take knowledge from all categories, learning sage,
warrior, and guide. My getting a deeper understanding
of my technology I learned about other devices and
learned with other students. I still continued to be a
Warrior but I now understood that to succeed I had to
acknowledge the other groups as well.

7.  At the beginning of the class the learning pathway I
chose was that of a learning sage. A learning sage
focuses on getting a broader knowledge of
mobile/social/multimedia technologies. This is the
pathway I chose because learning about different
technologies was the whole reason I took this class. I
was successful in broadening my knowledge of these
many technologies. I continued as a learning sage
thought the class because being a bit naïve about all
of the new technologies out there today, I didn’t think
deepening my knowledge was the best option and I
also didn’t think that I would be of much help to
others without knowing about the topics already. I
am happy with my choice and I ended up learning
more than I expected.

8.  At the beginning of the class I chose the mobile
learning sage pathway to get a better and
broader understanding on all mobile devices. I
chose this one because I really wanted to know
what other types of mobile device were out there
and what they could be used for. As it continued
on I chose to instead chose the mobile learning
warrior pathway because I realized I pretty much
knew all the mobile devices and now wanted to
learn how to use the devices in a more in depth
way. Both pathways were important to my
learning though.

9.  We all feel the different level of activities helped
us in our learning process, each level allowed us
to do more research and get a different point of
view of the technology. In each quest we were
able to post questions we had and our peers did
a great job answering the questions and that
helped me learn. Level two of each learning
quest showed us all different styles of each
technology and this was the most useful because
of the different perspectives and try new
techniques. We all agree that the iPod and mp3
learning quest helped us all the most because we
use those technologies daily.

10.  The mobile technology I focused on was the new iPod touch, which I had
just recently received. I tried to use the knowledge I obtained to and put
it towards helping me succeed in my other classes. I am an intuitive
learner so memorizing facts and words is not one of my strong points. I
downloaded a flashcard app on my iPod and used it in two of my classes
(Biology and Latin literature). It helped me not only with a weakness as a
intuitive learner but it also helped me be an active learner because I was
actively learning with use of the flashcards. One of my classmates
posted a link on our Delicious page and I learned of the MyHomework
app, which I instantly downloaded to my iPod. I would have to say it
helped me learn sequentially because it put my learning topics in order
on what I learned in each class everyday and it what made the app
extremely helpful was it reminded me when home work was due. It was
more of an organizational app but it still helped me to learn. I am a
visual learner and reading long texts can make me unfocused but by
using my iPod I started to download texts and books on to my iPod and I
was able to highlight and bookmark certain pages which I would have
been cautious to do with a rented book from the library. This made
verbal learning visual. Overall by using my mobile technology I was able
to learn more effectively.

11.  The top mobile technology that I explored was the iPods and
mp3 technology. I chose this one because I had gotten an
iPhone and I wanted to use it to its full potential, so I wanted to
use it to help my learning. I used my phone to help me learn in
my biology class. I downloaded charts and diagrams from the
textbook to study. I also looked up the online power points on
my phone during class so I could follow along with the lecture. I
started using a flashcard app which I downloaded to my phone
as well.
 This app helped address my reflective learning style because it
allowed me to review what was covered in class. For me to retain
information it is important for me to go over it more than once
so this app turned out to be very helpful. The charts and
diagrams, that I had gotten from the textbook, helped address
my visual learning style because they contained a lot of
important information in one visually appealing picture. It was
convenient to have available on the go and it also helped me
reflect on what I learned.

12.  The two mobile devices I focused on the most this semester were
the Iphone and the Tablets. I chose to focus on these because
first of all I have both an Iphone and a tablet, and also I think
that a deeper knowledge on these devices is really where our
society is heading in terms of mobile technology. These mobile
devices are going to better accommodate all of our society and
myself to be better connected and ready for future challenges.
Iphones and tables accommodate my learning style because I am
a visual learner, and with all the streaming learning videos and
pictures that are coming to us from every direction in our
society, it is important to use them all, especially with devices
such as the Iphone. In addition the Iphone allows me to learn in
my style wherever and instead of just being in front of a tv or
monitor to learn I can do it whenever and wherever. Also the
tablet helps me learn in my active style more efficiently because
as we learned in our class, apps, blogs, and interactive games
are more and more prevalent in our mobile world in order to
accommodate active learners like myself.

13. We would have to say that the technologies that interested us most as
learning tools were the ones that involved ipods/mp3 players. We were
most excited and interested in learning with our iPods because that is
what drew us to the class in the first place because that is what the class is
called after all. Learning through apps and podcasts surprised us the
most as learning tools. We think that apps are a great new way to learn
because it is very convenient and can be used on the go with ease.
Podcasts, similarly are a very convenient way to learn and the depth of
many of the topics we researched via podcasts was impressive. The
lectures we found seemed to be very thorough and helpful and this is
definitely a tool that we want to investigate and utilize further in the
future.
These same two technologies surprisingly helped us the most. We were
able to take notes while listening to the podcast lectures which we could
form to fit our own personal learning preferences. Whether or not the
lecturers approach was the best for our learning preferences, we could
shape our notes in the way that helps us most. Many of the learning apps
seemed to be helpful for us all because by using applications involving
flashcards and practice quizzes we could study for tests and review fuzzy
topics. Reviewing and studying is a crucial part to all of our learning
preferences so these turned out to be the most useful tools.

14.  After taking this class I think we all have a deeper respect and understanding for
mobile technology in our own personal lives and in our society. After this class it
will be nearly impossible to avoid using mobile devices in our everyday life and
our work place. That is why we all decided that the ipod/Iphone technologies are
the most useful in our lives after this class and after school. Mobile phones of
today allow us as business men/women to stay connected to the news and
colleagues that are most important to us. With the use of news apps, economic
apps, networking apps, and business apps we are all able to easily stay more
connected to our jobs and to the entire mobile world.
 As we enter the workforce I believe mobile knowledge of technologies, such as
document sharing, and presentation building with phones and tablets, will
become more and more valuable. Mobile devices allow us to connect to our
colleagues much quicker and thus learn job skills and techniques much quicker. In
addition the ability to easily carry and share presentations or documents with
other businesses is also extremely valuable and will ultimately make our work
skills much more desirable. All these technologies are the ones our group decided
are the most valuable outside of this class and school and thus will be the one we
try to learn more about and use the most. The ones we will try to avoid will be the
mobile gaming apps and technologies because we believe they will not further our
work career and skills. In conclusion we felt a great appreciation for the
knowledge we gained about mobile technologies and will be grateful for them as
we move into our futures.