Using Learning Styles in the Integration of Technology

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Using Learning Styles in the Integration of
Technology

• Presented By
• Demetria White
• Field Coordinator
• CREATE for Mississippi

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Objectives

• Define educational learning styles
• Discuss the importance of considering students'
  learning styles when designing lessons and
  integrating technology
• State strategies for teaching students in each
  learning style
• State technology strategies that are focused on
  each learning style
• Evaluate the learning style of your students
• Appraise interactive websites based on student
  learning styles
• Design technology integrated lessons that take
  into account differences in students' learning
  styles

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Why Is It Important to Consider Students
Learning Styles?

• Students process information differently
• If educators teach exclusively to one style
  students comfort level may be diminished
• If only taught in one style students may lose
  mental dexterity to think in different ways
• Meet the learning needs of all students

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Determine Student and Teacher Learning Styles

• Observation of students in class and response to
  assignments
• Several tests on-line
• http//www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?pyoung
  er
• http//www.rrcc-online.com/psych/LSInventory.html
  
• http//www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.htm
  l
• http//www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm

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Learning StylesAnalytic vs. Global Learners

• Analytical Learners
• Left-brained
• Words
• Numbers
• Parts
• Sequential
• Linear
• Detail
• Verbal
• Punctual
• Organized

• Global Learners
• Right-brained
• Images
• Patterns
• Wholes
• Simultaneous
• Whole picture
• Non-verbal
• Without sense of time
• Creative
• Intuitive
• Spontaneous

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Teaching Analytic Learners

• Plan and organize their work
• Focus on details
• Logical
• Phonetic readers
• Prefer to work independently on activity sheets

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Teaching Analytic Learners

• Present information in sequential steps
• Lessons structured and teacher-directed
• Goals are clear
• Requirements spelled out

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Technology Strategies for Teaching Analytical
Learners

• Drill and Practice Games or Software
• PowerPoint Presentation with Voice
• Excel Project with Graphs and Charts
• Cooperative Group Technology Project such as the
  creation of a travel brochure or Animal Names
  PowerPoint

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Useful Websites for Teaching Analytical Learners

• Harcourt Brace http//www.harcourtschool.com/index
  .html Houghton Mifflin
• http//www.eduplace.com
• Dositey step by step lesson
• http//dositey.com/muldiv/divml1.htm

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Teaching Global Learners

• Spontaneous and intuitive
• Dont like to be bored
• Information in interesting manner using
  attractive materials
• Cooperative learning strategies
• Holistic reading methods

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Teaching Global Learners

• Choral reading
• Recorded books
• Story writing
• Computer programs
• Games
• Group activities

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Technology Strategies forTeaching Global Learners

• Digital Imaging Project
• http//oswego.org/staff/mbullard/funphotos/
• Online Crime Investigation
• http//www.cyberbee.com/whodunnit/crime.html
• Westward Ho
• http//www.cyberbee.com/wwho/index.html

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Useful Websites for Teaching Global Learners

• Sunshine Games
• http//www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/index.html
• Reading Matrix Online Reading Resources
• http//www.readingmatrix.com/directory/pages/
• Paragraph Punch
• http//www.paragraphpunch.com/
• Incorporate with MS Word
• Noun Dunk
• http//www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/esl/ac
  tivity/noun_dunk/noundunk_splash.html

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Learning StylesSensory Learning Modalities

• VISUAL - (learn by seeing and writing)
• 40 of learners
• Can be verbal (sees words) or pictorial (sees
  pictures)
• Remembers faces but not names
• Vivid imaginations
• Think in pictures
• Facial expression tells what their emotions are
• Uses color
• Caution TV, Movies, Nintendo can be addicting

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Teaching Visual Learners

• Able to recall what they see
• Prefer written instructions
• Better sight readers-prefer silent reading
• Present information on videos

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Teaching Visual Learners

• Computer graphics
• Maps, graphs, charts
• Cartoons
• Posters/bulletin boards
• Diagrams
• Graph organizers
• Texts with lots of pictures

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Technology Strategies for teaching Visual Learners

• Webquests
• http//www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/webqindx.htm
• Virtual Field Trips
• http//www.oswego.org/Staff/CCHAMBER/webdesign/vir
  tual_fieldtrips.htm
• Interactive PowerPoint Activities
• http//projects.coe.uga.edu/lrieber/wwild/search/P
  PT-search-results.asp

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Useful Websites for Teaching Visual Learners

• Science and Math Games
• http//education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.
  html
• Color Books Online
• http//www.learningpage.com/pages/ewe_books/eweboo
  ks_color.html
• Exploratium
• http//www.exploratorium.edu/
• MAGNOLIA References
• http//library.msstate.edu/magnolia/index.htm
• Storm Video
• http//www.stormvideo.com

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Learning StylesSensory Learning Modalities

• AUDITORY - (learn by listening)
• 30 of learners
• Learn from verbal instruction
• Need phonics
• Enjoy plays
• Write lightly and it is not always legible
• Remember names and forget faces
• Distracted by noise
• Remember by listening, especially with music
• Games and pictures are annoying and distracting

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Teaching Auditory Learners

• Recall what they hear
• Prefer oral instructions
• Learn by listening and speaking
• Enjoy talking and interviewing
• Phonetic readers oral reading-listening to
  recorded books

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Teaching Auditory Learners

• Interviewing/debating
• Participating on a panel
• Giving oral reports
• Discussing written materials

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Technology Strategies for TeachingAuditory
Learners

• PowerPoint presentation module with voice
• Oral PowerPoint Presentation
• Video Interview Project
• Online Encyclopedia where students can read an
  listen to speeches
• Talking Word Processor
• Streaming Videos
• http//www.digitalCurriculum.com

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Useful Website for Teaching Auditory Learners

• Starfall Im Reading Books
• http//www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/play.htm?f
  
• USA Today Education
• http//www.usatoday.com/educate/home.htm
• Game Goo
• http//www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
• Gamequarium
• http//www.gamequarium.com
• Read Quarium
• http//www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/index.html

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Learning StylesSensory Learning Modalities

• KINESTHETIC - (large motor, whole body learning)
• Learn by doing
• Not avid reader
• Poor spellers
• Remember what was done
• Doesn't "hear" things as well
• Touch is important
• Attacks things physically - fight, hit, pound
• Impulsive
• Needs math and science manipulatives
• Loves games

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Teaching Kinesthetic Learners

• Learn by touching or manipulating
• Involve their whole body
• Remember best what they act out

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Technology Strategies for TeachingKinesthetic
Learners

• Creation of Powerpoint
• Creation of Graphics
• Magnetic Words
• http//www.worldvillage.com/kidz/puzzles/scramble.
  htm

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Useful Website for TeachingKinesthetic Learner

• Sign Language Dictionary
• http//wings.avkids.com/Book/Signing/index.html
• Leap Frog Games
• http//www.leapfrog.com/do/findpage?pageKeygames_
  homeCIDKNC-CROSSQ4
• Build it or Bust it
• http//library.thinkquest.org/11686/
• Frog Guts
• http//www.froguts.com
• Interactive Chemistry
• http//serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/chemsites.htm
  l

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Learning StylesSensory Learning Modalities

• TACTILE - (small motor learning)
• Most of the same traits as kinesthetic
• Note Kinesthetic and tactile learners have the
  most difficulty learning to read.
• Note All children are very kinesthetic to age 6.

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Teaching Tactile Learners

• Learn best by touching
• Understand directions they write
• Like manipulative
• Whole language approach to reading

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Teaching Tactile Learners

• Drawing
• Playing board games
• Making dioramas
• Making models
• Follow instructions to make something

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Technology Strategies for TeachingTactile
Learners

• Online Problem Solving
• Digital Diorama
• http//drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/diorama/dior
  ama_panorama.htm
• http//www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/online_field_jo
  urnal/dr/dr_menu.html

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Useful Websites for Teaching Tactile Learners

• Interactive Calculator
• http//www.mathgoodies.com/calculators/calculator.
  html
• Webmath
• http//www.webmath.com/index.html
• Quia Games
• http//www.quia.com/shared/index_top.html
• The Free Dictionary
• http//www.thefreedictionary.com/

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How do we develop technology integrated lessons
that consider learning styles?

• Develop lesson to suit teachers learning style
  and add diverse activities
• Vary assessment activities
• Include the use of as many learning styles as
  possible
• Use a variety of teaching techniques
• Offer alternative paths
• Type of feedback given
• Variety of instructional materials

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Interactive Websites

• Teacher Interactive Games
• http//www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/techno/games.
  htm
• Going Digital In the Classroom
• http//www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/digital/goingdi
  gital.htm
• Using a Scanner in the Classroom
• http//mciu.org/7Etech/ITS/ProfDev/webpage-scanni
  ng/scanning.html
• GameQuarium
• http//www.gamequarium.com

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Interactive Website, Con,t.

• High School Ace
• http//highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
• Interactive Games and Activities Hotlist
• http//eduscapes.com/tap/topic86.htm
• Discovery School Homework Helper
• http//school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbe
  ck/

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Questions Answers
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References

• Website Information
• http//jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm
• Go to Teacher tools for more websites
• Dr. Jacqualine Deeds - Learning Styles Definition
  Slides

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Contact Information

• Demetria White
• CREATE for Mississippi
• http//www.create4ms.org
• P.O. Box 9662
• Mississippi State, MS 39762
• 662-325-3381 desk
• 662-325-5009 office
• Demetria_at_cett.msstate.edu
• CreateLMS_Dw2003_at_yahoo.com

Thank You for your participation in this session.
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