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Social Networking

I have used social networking sites for about two years now.  I am an avid 4-H'er, and I have attended State 4-H Camp for four or five year.  I first made my Facebook page to keep in touch with some of my friends from around West Virginia.  I live in Preston County, and the only way for me to keep in touch with some of my friends from the southern end of West Virginia is to use social networking.

School Creativity

According to Sir Ken Robinson, schools kill creativity by not putting as much emphasis on the arts as on other subjects.  He quoted Picasso "Every child is born an artist."  We do not say that that child has succeeded only because he/she is a very good artist, they must excel in the core subjects to say that they succeeded.  The educational system is built to provide workers for the industrial age; that age has passed and we need to adjust.  Schools can help promote creativity by getting students more interested in the arts and increasing the portion of the schedule dedicated to the arts.  I wish that teachers knew that I don't learn very well by writing; I can learn by reading fairly well.  My most useful learning style is kinesthetic.  I usually combine my visual/auditory with my kinesthetic style.  If I see or hear something, I try it to see if it works.

Learning Styles

I have many different learning styles at my disposal.  The survey that I took only confirmed my belief.  I have a multimodal learning style encompassing, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.  My most efficient method of learning is kinesthetic, followed by visual, and then auditory.  I wish teachers would use more diversity in their teaching methods to help me learn.  Some things I learn very well visually, while some thing I need to hear to learn.  More diversity in teaching style will also help many kids to learn because you encompass all the styles with the teaching.

Philosophy of Education