Ken Block Gymkhana Practice

Video Reflection

Video Reflection

                This video explained a lot about the kinesthetic learning process.  These kids get a chance to go to a camp and build things without having to worry about their parents hassling them about their learning habits.

                I think that this is a great idea.  There are so many kinesthetic learners in the world that don’t have the resources to be able to learn this way.  This camp gives these kids a chance to learn about building things in a safe environment.  They also have the opportunity to learn how trial and error is worth the feeling of success at the end of a project.  The camp must also do wonders for their social skills because they work in teams and share the success and the failures.

                Our education system could definitely learn from these teaching practices.  If there were more classes that focused on the kinesthetic way of learning, I think there would be a much higher student success rate.  Instructors do try very hard to conform to everyone’s learning styles, but there is only so much they can do.

                I have been lucky by being able to learn in many different ways.  I can usually learn by any means necessary because that is what I had to do in high school.  Every one of my instructors taught things in a different manner than the last, which meant that I either had to pick up on it or risk failing.  I think if I had to pick one though, I would have to choose kinesthetic learning.  This is because I find it much easier to learn things by just doing them.  The only example I can think of is when I started working at my job.  I only had to do something once in order to figure it out.  No one was going to take me by the hand and show me step by step how to do these things, so I just  learned by repetitively doing different things on the job. 

                I think the thing that stood out for me in this video was when he said, “Success is in the doing, the failures are celebrated and analyzed.  Problems become puzzles and obstacles disappear.”  This made me think about what learning really is.  It is about finding out how to overcome obstacles and how to learn from your failures, rather than dwell on them.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html

               

                  

My Labor Day Weekend

My Weekend

                Over this Labor Day weekend I did many things.  The first activity of the weekend was working.  This was not a fun activity, but was an activity none the less.  The next thing I did was go to a friend’s social soiree and have a good time.  On Saturday, I went to a birthday party which ran very late.  A lot of fun games were played that evening which made the night very interesting.  I used Sunday as a recovery day to recall all of the fun events of the weekend.  On Sunday evening, I attended a Labor Day camping party which also ran very late.  On Monday, I had to work again which wasn’t that bad considering that the weekend was pretty fun.

Introduction Paragraph

   I have had a lot of writing and grammar courses in the past years. The instructors that I had throughout my high school career expected us to know the ins-and-outs of writing. I was familiar with the MLA format, but I definitely need to refresh my skills. I hope to learn a lot in this class. I also hope to gain a new perspective on writing from this class. I know that writing has a lot to do with the business world and being able to write well is an extraordinary skill to have. This is my first year at WTC and I am majoring in Business Management. I am originally from Caledonia, Minnesota and I went to Caledonia Area High School.