ITEC 299-Synthesis Presentation

1. ITEC 299 SYNTHESIS
PRESENTATION
By: Blanca Soza

2. My Motivation...
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I'm going to be honest, I needed an extra
class to take this semester to fulfill my 12
units. I found this class and read what it
was about and I thought to myself this
would be a good class for me to take;
something different. So then I decided to
take this class out of curiosity.

3. My Learning Preference
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After taking the learning preference
survey I learned the type of learner I am.
My score showed that I got a 3 for
Action, 5 for Sensing, 5 for Visual, and 7
for Sequential. I can pretty much agree
with this score and the preferences that I
got is true about me. I thought I would
score higher in Visual.

5. Thoughts on Learning Preferences
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I think that there are different technologies and
approaches that will attract different
preferences. Everyone has their own way of
learning and their has to be different methods
in learning for everyone. I think that people
will achieve in their learning efficiently if they
know their strength and which preference
works best for them.

6. Learning Warrior
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I chose the Learning Warrior path because I
wanted to learn more about technology. I was
already familiar with technology, but I wanted
to gain more information about the iPod, iPad,
and social network sites that I never knew
about.

8. Activities
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The quizzes helped me have a
better understanding of the
technologies that we use all the
time. I learned that I can really
use social networking sites to
bring my peers together by
using a forum so that we can
discuss about anything that has
to do with class. I started using
social networking sites to talk to
my peers about things I was
confused about in class and was
able to be part of a study group,
where I was able to know when
and where my peers wanted to
meet to study for an upcoming
test.
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I used my iPod and iPad during
this semester. I used my iPod to
record lectures so that I can
reduce the amount of note
taking I did in class and actually
sit back and paid attention to
what my professor was
teaching. And I used my iPad to
pull up visuals in my anatomy,
which helped me understand the
functions of the body parts.

9. Top Three Technologies
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The first technology I used was an iPod and I used
that record lectures in my classes and I found out
that it helped my learning because I stopped taking
extensive notes and just took light notes, so that I
can spend most of the class time to actually listen
and retain the materials. I realized that this helped
my learning because I did better in class by taking
lighter notes instead of copying everything down
from the PowerPoint.

10. Top Three Technologies (con't)
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The second technology I used was my iPad. I used it for
looking up visuals, articles, and applications that will
enhance my learning. I downloaded a flashcard app and it
really helped my study for my anatomy class. Without it I
wouldn't have done well in my quizzes and exams.
Lastly, I used social networking sites to contact my peers
and set up study groups. This was helpful because I was
able to learn with my peers and ask questions regarding a
certain subject that they might know the answer to. Having a
community like that made me feel secure in my classes and
less stressed because I can rely on my classmates whenever
I needed help with something so that I can succeed in class.

11. Experiences with the Technologies
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I've gained a lot of knowledge from these
technologies, but I thought that using my iPad was
essential in my learning. I used my iPad for a lot of
things, for instance, homework, research, videos,
audio, studying and many other things. The iPad is
very useful because I can do a lot of thing with it, so
it very good when I'm on the go. I'm a hands on
learner so the iPad is a good tool for me because I
was very active with it and I learned how to use my
iPad and learned different apps that can help with
my learning, for instance, Flashcardlet and
Evernote.

12. Physiological factors and learning
practices
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Learning about the physiological factors made me more aware of my
health and I choose to really focus on my eating and sleeping patterns.
My eating and sleeping patterns were not all great and I feel like it did
make some affect in my learning. I would sleep late at night and wake
up early and I would feel exhausted and I couldn't retain anything in
my morning class because of how tired I was. And I would always eat
junk food which made me feel lazy. So I decided to change all that by
eating healthy; adding more fruits, veggies, and more water. After a
week of eating healthy I noticed I had more energy and was hydrated.
I would sleep early so that I can get my full eight hours of sleep and I
would sleep throughout the night peacefully. Before I would wake up
feeling parched and I would drink juice or soda because it was sweet,
but it wouldn't help. So what I did was drink a glass of water before
bed and that made a difference where I did not wake in the middle of
the night to get something to drink. All of the changes that I made
made a significant change in my learning because I was eager to learn,
able to retain information better, and memorize them better.

13. What I will take with my from this
class...
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After this semester I will use what I learned in this
course from now on. I plan to use apps that I
downloaded for my classes next semester, keep on
recording lectures, and make sure that I stay healthy
so that way I'm more upbeat.
I also will use the social networking sites more often
to meet up with peers and use it as another form of
studying.

14. My experience as a Learning
Warrior
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I enjoyed being a Learning Warrior because I
learned more about technologies that I did not know
before this course and I hope to take everything that
I learned and apply it to my learning career. I also
hope that I can shed light to someone (outside of this
class) about what I learn and in hopes that they can
try different learning styles and find one that best fit
them.