Week 5 Blog

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                    Information Processing              

In my original Big Idea model of how I felt children learn best by thinking, doing, feeling,and watching, which goes right along with the information processing model theory which according to our module readings state that information processing is split into three parts; Sensory Memory, Working Memory, and Long Term Memory which in turn is best described in the above model where I demonstrate the information processing model through a metaphor for successful learning because it is well supported by research and provides a well articulated means for describing the main cognitive structures (memory systems) and processes( strategies).

An activity you could try out using the information processing theory would be to have an open discussion about per say a story your reading aloud in the classroom to the students and ask them what they think of whats going on in the book, what their favorite part is and so on. That helps in stemming their information process individually.

As you can already tell from my previous model , I feel children learn best through hands on experiences this way they not only gather the information and store it but as well get to apply it through various activities in which they get to learn to work with others and gain and build friendships that are important to have as they get out into the world and be successful.

Thanks,

Andra Winslow

The Big Idea: Week One

Hello Everybody, my name is Andra Winslow, I am a transfer student from Ivy Tech Community College and looking forward to being a junior at IU Bloomington this fall.  I am currently studying to be an elementary school teacher but as undecided as I can be it could easily change I just know I love being around children and watching them grow and develop seems pretty neat to me!

A few facts about me, I come from a family of 4 sisters and a brother all from the same two parents, I love animals especially birds and different kinds of dogs. I currently am a hostess at the Cracker Barrel up here in Bloomington,IN, have been there for almost a year now.

Something Happens, We watch and reflect on it, and we think about it, we take action. Learning happens best when people are actively involved in their own learning, when they can draw on their own experiences, where they connect thoughts with their feelings through not just the student and teacher but the student, teacher, and parents all working actively to find a happy medium in which different children learn better in different ways.  I felt as a child I learned best through hands on experience, having the teacher conduct an experiment while we watched and then got the opportunity to try and do the experiment ourselves. I have never been one to just read the materials I prefer visual aided props.