Friday, December 31, 2010

Half of 6th Grade Zeitgiest


Above is the Video of my Half Of 6th Grade Zeitgeist. So what this video's for, is to show you, the reader, what basically what my half of 6th grade experience was.  I have put pictures of my friends, the instrument I play, lockers, my favorite band, and all the other things in the video. Well, go check it out!

Enjoy!


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Our Learner Profiles...

On the 30th of November, we had a look on ourselves. We learned what our dominant side was, and what our Learner's Profile was.  There are 2 sides of the brain. The Gesalt (right brain) and The Logic (left brain).There are different types of Learner's profiles, but mine is HH, and my dominant side is my left. My dominant brain is left, my eye is left, my ear is left, my hand is left and my leg is left, basically all my body parts are dominant in left. I was kind of surprised when I saw the paper that says what your profile type needs to improve. It said "- May reverse or transpose letters.". First I was stunned, but my friend told me that some people believe that left handed people, when they were children, used to write right to left, but I was never one of them.


I think I learn best when I am alone, the door closed and the room silent. I believe this because once, there were two people in my room, and it took me three hours to finish my homework, when I only had a blogpost to do. In a classroom, I think I learn best at the front of the class, at the left side. That's because my left ear is facing the board, so I can listen better and pay more attention. I'd rather have my back toward the back of the classroom, not the front. I think the best way for me to learn is in a quiet class room, where there are no distractions, one person talking, and no music. These things are my strategies that will help my learning. Besides, on the paper that says things about my profile, its says: " Quiet time alone is especially beneficial."


On the paper, it says that it will help me to sit were I can "process internally, quietly.." I think that is true for me, because I mentioned before, I can only work when it is quiet. It also says on the paper: "-integrated cross-lateral hand and foot play like knitting, writing and drawing with the non-dominant hand, and massaging the Temporal Mandibular Joint to assist communication, conscious walking, dancing, soccer,...." I understood most of the things that were in there. I know knitting, but writing and drawing with my right hand? I don't think I'll be doing that soon. 


The Temporal Mandibular Joint is the jaw joint, I don't understand how that will help me learn. I don't know what conscious walking is, so maybe not that, yet. Dancing I like, but soccer, I have had bad experiences with. They also put: "An integrative balance of art, music, free form movement..." By that I believe they mean art, music such as instruments or maybe singing, and dance as free form movement. I guess most of these will be helpful to me and things I need. Maybe they should put things for stubbornness?


There are a few things that I would like my teachers to know about me. First off, I like quiet spaces. Like I said before, many times, I can get unfocused. Another thing would be probably that sometimes I am actually imaginative, not all logic. Like right now in Humanities, we are writing our imaginative stories. Instead of laying out the plan of every thing, I just decided to make it up as I go. Believe me, I NEED imagination sometimes. I like expressing myself, but only when I am relaxed and clam. I really am a bit clumsy when I get stressed, but only sometimes. These are basically what I want my teachers to know, if they don't know already.


I wonder what YOUR learner's profile is...?




My Learner's Profile :)