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Attributes and Dispositions of Teachers
Let's Talk About Learning Who has been your favorite teacher? Who has been your most effective teacher? Is there a difference? if so what? Create a Venn diagram on the white board. Label one circle "Effective Teachers." Label the other circle "Favorite Teachers." Label the space that intersects "Both." Add vocabulary words that describe effective and favorite teachers to the appropriate space on Venn diagram. Contributors should explain why their words are placed in the selected space.

Now look at the following vocabulary words. Which describe attributes or dispositions that great teachers should have? Which do you think are the most important? Why?



Create a blog post that features those attributes and dispositions held by great teachers. Discuss the importance of employing them in one's teaching.

= How do you learn best? = People learn in different ways based on a number of variables - personality traits, talent, preferences in environment, social, emotional and psychological setting, the type of intelligence from which we operate, etc. So what does this mean? This week you will begin to use some of the following tools and research to better understand what makes you tick. This knowledge will help you find out what you do best, how you learn best, and maybe how you prefer to teach. How are you Smart? Find out about Multiple Intelligences.
 * Gallup Strengths
 * Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
 * Dunn and Dunn Learning Style Model
 * Learning Styles Assessment

Find out what your Multiple Intelligences are.

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 * 1) Use headphones and listen to Howard Gardner describe his theory of Multiple Intelligence.
 * 2) After you have finished the video, click here to take the [|Multiple Intelligence quiz].
 * 3) Screen print your colored bar graph of results. (screen print = Command Shift 4). Save your screen print in Dropbox.
 * 4) Print your results from the results site.
 * 5) Highlight your top two preferences
 * 6) What does this mean to you?

[|Click here for Multiple Intelligences Quiz]

[|Click her for More Multiple Intelligences]

[|Differences in Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles]

Complete the following inventory to find out your preferred method of learning. Save your results. Follow the directions for capturing your information and saving listed above. What does this mean to your?

How do we learn?



= What Are Your Learning Preferences? =
 * Do you like to listen to music when you study?
 * Do you like to read in a quiet place?
 * How does light affect your studying?



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Are you a Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic - Tactile learner?

Find out more about learning styles.

Take this [|20 question quiz] to find out your learning style.

[|Learning Styles] explained

Brain Hemispherity
Right vs Left [|Click here] to take a quick assessment of your preference. [|Click here] to take an additional 30 second test that will show you in visual terms.

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Donald Clifton, the father of positive psychology, thought that people make optimum achievements when given the chance to do what they do best. The talents that you use over and over are significant in achieving success. Based on 34 significant themes, the Gallup StrengthsFinder instrument identifies one's five most significant themes.

Listen as the Year II interns perform "Animal School." Discuss how this correlates with the school experiences you have observed or experienced.

Listen carefully to directions that will prepare you to take the Gallup StrengthsFinder.

Login to the Gallup StrengthsQuest
=== [|Click Here to Begin]. Follow directions on the handout provided to access your account. Be sure to type in your access code accurately to access the instrument. === When you finish, report your top 5 significant themes to your teacher. Bookmark your results so that you can access them as you for future reference.

Learn about the information you will need to gather to share your findings about your significant themes with your classmates. Access the requirements of the poster project below.

What is your learning DNA?
Use all of the "words" that you have learned about yourself and your learning styles, preferences, multiple intelligences and strengths to create a visual image of your learning DNA.


 * Create a word cloud using one of the web tools linked below.
 * Take a screen shot of your word cloud. Command Shift 4 will allow you to crop your image.
 * Save your learning DNA on your blog.

Word Clouds Resources

[|Word it out] [|Jason Davies Word Cloud Generator]