I didn't think that setting up the blog was that hard, I used to blog back in the days of myspace. I think that blogging is a great way to express your views on topics and keep up with former high school classmates. I really liked Learning 2.0. I think it's an awesome tool.
The easiest habit for me out of the 7 and 1/2 would be to use technology to my advantage. Since I grew up in an age that technology was becoming a vital part of life, I learned to use it for everything. I will admit that if I lost my MacBook Pro or my iPhone I would be totally lost! I use technology to write papers, spell check, grammer check, to make my calander/schedule, to stay in touch with friends and family, and everything inbetween! Today technology has became a great learning tool, there is tons of apps on the iPad to teach math by games, have all your text books in one play, make flashcards, ect.
The hardest habit for me would be to play. The way that I have always learned was by instruction and reading the material. I think the games that put learning in them was pretty cool, but I remember in elementry school I never really "got the hang of" playing those games to learn math, I needed one on one instruction with the teacher. In school I liked to play the review games in English and History, but if the teachers wouldn't have made them I would have been fine. I know that I want to make review games and make learning fun in my classroom because that's a great way to teach students, but for me that wasn't the way that I would learn material. Each student is different and I think that we as educators should help the students learn in anyway that we can.
That is good that you are still willing to play review games even though they did not always work for you. Maybe you can incorporate more teacher interaction during your lessons!:)
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