Summary of Concepts from Readings, Make Sense of Readings applied to your Teaching and Learning.2/28/2019 After reading the first six chapters of The Visual Connection by Dr. Bobbe Baggio and the first couple of chapters of Developing Technical Training, by Ruth Colvin Clark, and Mind's Eye of the User by Brenda Dervin, I had many takeaways.
The Visual Connection:
-Human's use of information vs. information systems -study needs, images and satisfactions of the users -What users want, get and think about from systems -Theoretic net = a set of assumptions and propositions make sense of people in their everyday experiences. -Bridge the gap to help users in situations After reading the Brain book, I connected many of the same concepts as background knowledge. Ironically, I have been helping with the introductions to the staff meetings and that efficiency and effectiveness of trainings really applied to what I am experiencing currently. No one really loves staff meetings and I am looking back on the slides and presentations of the meetings and there are rarely any pictures or personal connections or allowances for teacher feedback to share and processes what happens in their classes to relate on a personal level. I realize that having more pictures and videos in the staff meetings would partially help to ease the tension in the room. Whether it be a joke or a teacher meme, we could all relate and start out the meeting with a laugh or a funny story. These readings also are relating to me what the real business world is like and how these types of thinking are preparing our students to be the CEO's and leaders of their own communities and we are laying the ground work for their future in leading others. Students are
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Catalina Goldstein
3/3/2019 02:12:35 pm
Monica, I loved your connections to staff meetings. I've really been struggling to complete something my principal asked the staff to complete for CAASPP testing because I'm not able to make this task personal to me and my needs. People love jokes and memes. So why not use them to engage the staff, too?
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Jona Sandau
3/3/2019 04:35:56 pm
Monica, I totally agree with you about staff meetings! People are never thrilled to be there, so the least we can do is apply what we are learning here to our adult learners. I want to try to make it the best it can be, and these readings give us some great places to start. Baggio got me really excited about ramping up visuals, as well as Clark's Structured Writing Technique. Your blog looks great and makes me really embarassed about the cumbersome format of mine... In fact, I just went in and edited it so that it has actual bullets and indentations. Great job!
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Jennifer Perkins
3/3/2019 04:44:15 pm
Hi Monica, I liked your notes on “The Visual Connection.” It is surprising how many of us are visual learners, and how important it is to integrate visuals into our teaching. It made me think of our “Benchmark” Language Arts program. The student books are very visual and colorful. In addition, the website has videos for each unit as well as access to the visually-packed e-books. The fact that the majority of students enjoy these pieces of the program is probably a testament to how the like having a lot of visuals surrounding their learning. I also like your idea of using more visuals during staff meeting presentations!
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Caitlin Mitchell
3/5/2019 04:22:14 pm
Hi Monica!
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