AdornettoTeachingAttempt

back to personal pages I tried to teach my brother how to use this Wiki page since everyone in our class was having some difficulties. 1. To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)? The learning styles that were used while teaching my brother were Linguistic because I needed to use computer-savy language to explain where certain things were. I also used Spatial because my brother needed to be able to visual the page and buttons I was teaching him to use. Interpersonal was also used because I kept trying to communicate clearly what my brother needed to do to get to certain pages on this Wiki.

2. What disciplines did you draw on to teach the person your lesson (for example, learning to shoot baskets might draw on physics and kinesiology)? Teaching my brother to use this website drew in computer inteligence, along with some personal understanding. Luckily, both myself and my brother have a little bit of intelligence of a computer.

3. In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts? (for example, did they have an easier time when you described in words? demonstrated visually?) I had an easier time showing my brother where to go on this page and what buttons to push to get him to where I wanted him to go. But, by showing him, he was not doing it on his own, so then I tried using my words while he manuvered around the page. Once I showed him first, then explained things in words, he was able to understand how the Wiki worked.

4. What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In what discipline would that evidence "count", and why? (for example, could the person explain/perform/repeat/individualize? would a scientist/english teacher agree that s/he had learned?) The evidence was that now if my brother ever needed to use a Wikispace in his high school, he would have some backround knowledge how to do certain things, like creating a link or making a new page. In time, my brother may be able to teach someone else how to use the Wiki.

5. What forms of communication did you and/or your person use in the process (for example, did you use diagrams? demonstrations? step-by-step directions?)? The only communication my brother and I used were the handout that I was given in class to help me get around the Wiki, so we both referred to that packet. The packet layed out step-by-step instructions, so we used that.