Of course a students personality type can effect their ability to learn in certain situations. The simplest way around this is to offer a wide range of activities and alterations to the learning environment. A student who learns best on their own may find it more difficult in a group setting and others may do an activity in a group that was otherwise difficult for the student and the lesson will simply click for them just by changing their environment slightly. It is impossible to know the best learning environment for every student in your class so it is vital to offer a varied lesson plan to reach all students.

Inspiration in the classroom.

Prior to watching the video I had never seen inspiration used. I feel that this is a fantastic tool to use for students that learn better with visual guides. I think that inspiration could help aide students to be more productive and independent in their work.

Any writing assignment could utilize inspiration among other technologies. Namely research writing assignments allow students to explore the web and online databases and get comfortable doing so.

Depending on what grade/age level your students are will determine if peer support and review is applicable, but for the most part I feel that should mainly be the instructors duty in any classes prior to university. I think the teacher should be deciding what a high quality review is to help the students build a more solid foundation to thier writing or whatever task it is they are doing.

Blog Assignment week 2

I would not agree with some that "blogging" is a waste of student time in the classroom. It is nontraditional and being that blogging has only became popular in the past few years some educators may be out of touch and not have the ability see any practical uses for it in the classroom. When you understand the process you know that it is a reasonable means of communication and one that students today can better identify with and comfortably utilize. If an educator finds a way of using blogs in the classroom many students will better relate and therefore have an easier and more fun time learning in the classroom. I believe that many educators are very behind on the times and traditional, while they believe they are doing right by the students they may be doing them an injustice by not utilizing any and all means of educating them in an efficient and fun way.