Personality/Jung Typology Test

Hi everyone,

I have completed the Humanmetrics (Jung Typology Test)

My type is ISFP

Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
11% 75% 38% 11%

I am:

> slightly expressed introvert
> distinctively expressed sensing personality
> moderately expressed feeling personality
> slighty expressed perceiving personality

My suggested careers are as follows:-
I only put down the ones that I think refer to me, a little eerie seeing I am studying BLM Early Childhood.

> Child Care Management
> Early Childhood



Regards
Amanda


Reference

Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test. Retrieved March 23, 2010 from
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jungtype.htm

My understanding of Active Learning

Hi everyone,

I have read up on the Active Learning, went through Dale's Cone and The Learning Pyramid and did my Learning experience.

I have sat down and quickly worked out what studies I have done and have made the list as follows:-

1. Completed Diploma in Children's Services 8
2. Attended ADHD Workshop 9
3. First Aid Course 9
4. Anaphylaxis Course 9
5. Workplace Health & Safety Course 8
6. Food & Hygiene Course 9
7. Professional Development in Child Protection 8

Total Points 60/7 8.571

I think I gained alot of knowledge and confidence from all my courses that I have completed.
I came away from each of them with information that I did not possess prior. I can still recall alot of the information I obtained from these courses and have used the certificates and diplomas for my occupation. I feel I was an engaged student because I was interested in what was being taught, I enjoyed the activities. We often worked in groups, collaberating with each other and sharing many ideas. I can transfer knowledge that I obtained through this study so I must have learn't from this.

I completed my diploma through the RPL method as I have been a Coordinator for the last 5 1/2yrs. I have gained alot of knowledge from this position, especially with Accreditation.

Well hope everyone is enjoying this course, I am really starting to get interested in it week by week. I am learning alot of things about myself which I never knew before.

Kind Regards
Amanda

Setting up Google Accounts

Today was very interesting, I have established my own Google account, Yahoo account and I am now using Blogger.



It is all getting abit exciting now.

Internet access

I have just been reading about Web access and so on.

I myself work in a school environment and find it frustrating at times when I go to look up a site and it has been blocked by our school filter software. Our filter seems to block us from visiting so many useful sites which makes it very limiting majority of the time. I would like to see staff members being able to control the access of these sites. I feel we have the right to check a site, if it is okay, unblock the site from the filter and the same goes if we see a site that the filter has missed, we should be able to block this site. As stated by Scot Aldred the school system block a large proportion of websites regardless of their content. (Aldred, 2009). You can also read Scot's Blog as follows:-

http://e-learning-engagement.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

Our children need to be protected from predators and images and things on the Internet. I myself is a mother of 2 and I am pedantic about the Internet at home. I feel if our schools can educate our children better and run Safety Awareness programs about Cyber Bullying, Stranger Danger, putting personal information up about themselves. I think its a huge step in the right direction, to prevent your children from Cyber danger.

Regards Amanda

I also watched this video about Cyber Danger and found it great, unsure if it would work in Australia, but such a great program. Video is below:-



Reference

Protectkidstoday. (2010, Feb 4). New Software Protects Kids From Bullying, Sexting, Texting & Driving, Suicide, & Other Dangers [Video file]. Retrieved May 8, 2010 from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzc6HsY63dA

Digital Natives v's Digital Immigrants

Wow, I didn't think I would enjoy reading this article but it has taught me such alot.

Today's students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. (Prensky, 2001). This statement is very true, our system is very outdated and not getting through to our students. We need to change the design of teaching and make it engaging. We need to compete with their Ipods, Video Games, Computers and things.
What really amazed me was our children spend over 10,000 hrs playing video games and over 20,000 hrs watching TV and less then 5000 hrs reading. These numbers are phenominal. When I was growing up I would have spent 30,000 hrs outdoors playing, creating, imagining and 5,000 watching TV. I was never a reader but I think if it was made into something fun I would have loved it because I love it as an adult. I now realise why our children are being influenced by TV and VIDEO games."

I am a digital immigrant but accept I need to grow with the times. I feel my life would be much easier if I can engage my students, motivate and praise them. I would like my younger students to think of me as a little cool, up with all this new technology so they could talk to me about what they have downloaded, played, listened to and so on. I would hope they think I am funny and that they love my class because I am making learning fun for them, but at the same time learning, and they are contributing to what they want to learn.

Majority of my teachers were digital immigrants who did not like change and wouldn't change. As they often said "It's been working for me for the last 20 years and it didn't hurt me growing up, so sit down, shut up and listen" Children were mean't to be seen and not heard. You did not talk unless spoken to. My teacher told me that I would never accumulate to anything, "You'll be a dole blugger all your life so get used to waiting in queues". Well thanks very much because I am a better person for it, I know the sort of teacher I do not want to become.

I hope everyone else had much better educational experiences then I did.

I have found a couple of YouTube videos I thought you maybe interested in, they are regarding 21st Century Pedagogies. Take a look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l72UFXqa8ZU&feature=related

I really enjoyed the following video, I found it very true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tahTKdEUAPk&feature=related

Indigenous Perspectives

I also believe we need to bridge the gap, I feel this won't happen until our government are more willing to step up to the plate, they need assistance in so many areas such as schooling, health, job opportunities, the list goes on. Lets face it, it has been spoken about since I was a young child, and over twenty years later nothing has happened.
Once I am a teacher, I will be incorporating alot of culture into the classroom, not just the indigenous culture but Chinese, Korean etc, we have so many students that have moved to Australia from many countries and still have families overseas.
I have found a couple of websites I thought may be helpful in our classrooms one day. Teach our children about the Dreamtime and their culture.

http://australianmuseum.net.au/Stories-of-the-Dreaming
http://www.aussieeducator.org.au/reference/general/indigenous/indigenousaustralia.html

Hope this helps guys.
Cheers
Amanda"

Memletic Learning Graph

MEMLETIC LEARNING STYLE GRAPH

http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/results.asp

Learning with Technology Quiz

I have just completed the engaged Learning Quiz, it is quite amazing. Really enjoyed this Quiz, here are my results:-

Learning With Technology Profile Tool Results

Name: Amanda H
Date: March 23,

Indicators of Engaged Learning	Vision of Learning
	Tasks
	Assessment
	Instructional Model
	Learning Context
	Grouping
	Teacher Roles
	Student Roles
Indicators of High-Performance Technology	Access
	Operability
	Organization
	Engagability
	Ease of Use
	Functionality

Mazlow's Hierachy of Needs

I feel it is very important for student's to feel equal,

respected, welcome, comfortable. I feel it important for me as a Teacher to have a good relationship with the students and know their interests.

When student's enrol in my service, my process is to show them around the school and we come back and sit on the carpet area and get introduced to our new found friends, and play a name game, where each one says "My name is _____" and so on in a circle.

I allocate an older child or someone they may already know to be their buddy for the first week till they feel confident enough to mingle on their own. I then put them into a small group where we will do an activity to settle them in. Parents and students are given a questionaire to fill in for me to give me a little bit of background information. The child's questionaire is called "ALL ABOUT ME" and it contains things such as What's my favourite food? What's my favourite sport? What am I scared of? How many people are in my family? This information then goes into their portfolios and I can design a program based on their interests. It gives me something to scaffold off.

Regards

Amanda

Figure 1. Maslow's hierarchy of human needs. (From Maslow, A. (1970}. Motivation and personaIity (2nd ed.). New York: Harper & Row; reprinted by permission of Harper Collins Publishers.)

Emotional Intelligence Test

Hi everyone, Just completed the Emotional Intelligence quiz. Don't know if I did too well but the results are below:- Test your emotional intelligence (EQ) You scored 70% correct! Remember you responses need to have been as honest as possible. If you feel that your score does not reflect you, please retake the test and answer each question in the way that best represents the way you typically feel.

Your score indicates that you have an average EQ.

People who typically score in this range are usually able to recognise and understand their feelings and to express them in an appropriate manner. They are fairly comfortable with who they are. In most circumstances they are not afraid to show love, empathy and compassion for other people. In general, they are comfortable with intimacy, and giving of themselves to other people. They are pretty good communicators. They are fairly in tune with themselves and those around them. They generally know how to say the right thing at the right moment. They are good friends and partners. They are normally able to show anger in appropriate ways. More often than not, they are able to stand up for themselves when necessary, but also are not afraid to cry if they are hurt. They are able to admit when they are wrong and take steps to correct their mistakes. They are rarely unable to say they are sorry. They are generally happy, well-rounded people. They accept challenges. They can stay motivated and focused in the face of setbacks. They are able to set goals for themselves and often achieve them. They are positive and optimistic about themselves, others around them, and their future. However, just because people with an average EQ have a pretty good grasp on their emotions they still have plenty of room for emotional growth. They can continue to be introspective. They can continue to communicate with the people around them and continue to work on their goals. They can utilise what they have and continue to identify areas within themselves that need work. Remember that a person's emotional intelligence never stops growing. Because we are always evolving as people, EQ is something that must be nurtured. If it isn�t cultivated, emotional intelligence will disappear. We wish you the best of luck with your future Regards Amanda

My thoughts on Engagement Theory

Hi Everyone,

After I finished reading the Engagement Theory, I did find it all very relevant and a useful article.

I have a new understanding of where I can improve and how I can impliment these changes.

As (Prensky, 2001) states, engagement theory is based upon the idea of creating successful collaborative teams that work on ambitious projects that are meaningful to someone outside the classroom. These three components are Relate-Create-Donate.

Many of us are already involved in Technology on a daily basis, I know most of our young children already know how to use a computer, most day care centres use computers to do small tasks, prep students have computer lessons. Most children own a Nintendo DS game or an Ipod Touch, or a phone.

I run an After School Care Service and we often have cooking activities, as a class discussion we ask everyone what they like and dislike and come to an agreement of what to cook for instance (Relate) We organise all the ingredients needed and cook the following day (Create) The children then eat there cooking the next day for their afternoon tea. (Donate)

We do many other tasks similar to this but this is our most successful.

When I have a class I would like to use this method. Split the class into approx 6 groups, each group choose their own topic to do an oral presentation on. (Relate) They have to collaborate with each other and choose a topic or something they all enjoy. (Create)They then begin to begin the project. As a group they can each have a role to do. Once they have work together effectively they then donate (deliver) this through oral presentations. There are many ways to utilise this method of Prensky's.

Explain my temperament

http://www.keirsey.com/sorter/user.aspx

I have looked through this site and came across the Keirsey Online Quiz, I completed this and received my temperament which is GUARDIAN.

I skimmed through this reading about the Guardian Temperaments and I am glad I fall into this basket to be honest, it really does sound so much like my personality. I am loyal, have lifelong friends, I am a responsible parent, very hard working etc etc, quite eerie really.

Some of the core characteristics of the Guardian Temperaments are:-

1. Guardians pride themselves on being dependable, helpful, and hard-working.



2. Guardians make loyal mates, responsible parents, and stabilizing leaders.



3. Guardians tend to be dutiful, cautious, humble, and focused on credentials and traditions.



4. Guardians are concerned citizens who trust authority, join groups, seek security, prize gratitude, and dream of meting out justice.

In our society there is approx 40-45 % of the population that have a Guardian Temperament. I feel this percentage is quite a good reassurance, as the Guardians are a huge asset to have in our society, they are hardworking, loyal, dependable and can effectively manage a number of businesses or institutions with the skills and credentials needed.

Guardians work well in a group environment, but they do expect each team member to be doing their fair share.

Guardians are normally quite serious people but what I can gather is they are very professional and keep their private life private and their work very professional. Guardians enjoy being around their friends and often really enjoy themselves. Guardians are very caring, they genuinely do care about their peers around them.

Multiple Intelligence

I have now completed the Multiple Intelligence Quiz. These quizes are so very interesting, quite amazing really, my strengths are Kinesthmetic (Body Smart), Interpersonal (People Smart) and Linguistic (Word Smart) and my weakest area by far is Naturalistic (Nature Smart). I feel this is accurate. I would have picked these if I had to choose what I thought I was. Very clever. I have listed my top three below:-

Kinaesthetic - Body Smart You may be body smart. You will enjoy sports and are good at swimming, athletics, gymnastics and other sports. This is sometimes called being Kinaesthetic smart. Linguistic - Word Smart You may be word smart. You will enjoy reading, writing and talking about things. This is sometimes called being Linguistic smart. Intrapersonal - Myself Smart You may be myself smart. You will know about yourself and your strengths and weaknesses. You will probably keep a diary. This is sometimes called being Intrapersonal smart.

My Learning Style Questionaire

I have completed our Online Questionaire for Learning Styles and my results are as follows:- Learning Styles Results

Results for: AMANDA H ACT X REF 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> SEN X INT 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> VIS X VRB 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> SEQ X GLO 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- -->

If your score on a scale is 1-3, you are fairly well balanced on the two dimensions of that scale. If your score on a scale is 5-7, you have a moderate preference for one dimension of the scale and will learn more easily in a teaching environment which favors that dimension. If your score on a scale is 9-11, you have a very strong preference for one dimension of the scale. You may have real difficulty learning in an environment which does not support that preference. As you can see I am fairly well balanced throughout except for the Sen. This is obviously what I favour, and what I need to work on to become a more balanced to learning manager.

Learning Styles

I have been researching the Learning Styles online and came across this quiz. I completed it online and it gives you an idea of the style of learning you prefer, this quiz helps you learn what your own individuals needs are. I found this invaluable as I can use the styles that best suit me to help me become a more effective learning manager. The quiz results are below:-

My Results

These are the results of your inventory. The scores are out of 20 for each style. A score of 20 indicates you use that style often.

Style Scores

Visual	10
Social	17
Physical	9
Aural	11
Verbal	4
Solitary	9
Logical	4

The meaning of the different learning styles are as shown:-

Visual (spatial) You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.

Aural (auditory-musical) You prefer using sound and music

Verbal (linguistic) You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.

Physical (kinaesthetic) You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch.

Logical (mathematical) You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.

Social (interpersonal) You prefer to learn in groups or with other people.

Solitary (intrapersonal) You prefer to work alone and use self-study