When I began the Bridging Learning Theory, Instruction, and Technology course at Walden University I initially posted that my personal learning theory was a mixture of all of them. Honestly, my personal learning theory hasn’t changed much. I still see how, given my content area, everyone of the learning theories has its place. Still, this is not to imply that I haven’t learned anything which would require me to make changes to my teaching strategies.
One immediate change that I am planning to implement in my music class is to use concepts maps as an aid during instruction. This tool will allow for me to display the information in a way that caters to multiple learning preferences. Another is to use voicethreads. This would allow students to create different types of media presentations and then other students would be able to comment on their creations.
With the information I gathered from this course I am also planning some not so immediate and more drastic changes to my classroom setup. One, which centers on the ideas presented in the social constructionism learning theory, is to increase the amount of student interaction. I am going to begin to design many of my lessons to be more project based so that the students will need to work together to complete the assignment. Another goal is to increase the amount of technology that we use. As it stands now I only have one computer in my class, but even with this disadvantage their are still many technology based activities that I could institute into my classroom. One example is the use of virtual field trips. This allows students to observe and learn information from anywhere on the planet. With these new types of activities and technology based tools our students are able to do things in the classroom that others before them could only dream of.
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