Module 4 TEC 538

Visual Learning in a Virtual Environment

Students are "plugged in" when they reach our classrooms. It is my desire that not one student has to "unplug" to be in my classroom. I would, rather, want to come into their worlds, collaborate with them, and learn from them. In a constructivist classroom, students should be the center, and the teacher should serve as the facilitator.

As for how the Internet can increase literacy, it lends itself to that, just by the mere fact that the Internet encompasses all forms of media. Visual learners' styles are addressed, just as auditory learners' styles are.

Students are comfortable using the Internet, therefore, we should embrace that and integrate it in the classroom, just as they do in their everyday lives.