I have had a lot of experience with technology in the past. From childhood, I have used Microsoft Word and Powerpoint for assignments and presentations from elementary school to high school. I know how to use the Internet and online databases for finding information for research papers and other assignments. Last Spring, I took a computer course that taught students how to utilize the Internet, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Additionally, I have removed viruses from my laptop using virus removal tools such as Malwarebytes. Overall, technology has been a major influence in my life that I have learned to use since childhood.

In this course I hope to learn how to use technology in a classroom setting. I have used Word, Excel, and Powerpoint nearly my whole life, but I've only used those tools as a student, not as an instructor. I also want to learn what software is available for teachers to use in the classroom besides Word and Powerpoint. I hope that I can learn how to communicate with my future students through social media and through other resources. In my opinion, using technology in the classroom is one of the most essential things to learn in order to become a successful teacher.

Today, the results from the Learning Styles Quiz demonstrated that I am a sensing learner rather than an intuitive learner: I learn better knowing facts rather than theories. I am a reflective learner as well, but I discovered that I am more of a visual-based learner than any other type of learning style. I rated a 7 as a Visual learner on the learning results scale. This result doesn't surprise me as I study better when I create outlines, graphs, and pictures. Additionally, I am a sequential learner, a result which surprised me because usually I do not tend to work sequentially, especially when I am working on homework or on a test. Overall, now that I am aware of what the different learning types are, I can use this information in the future to see what methods my future students use to learn and study. I can also use this information to help create better study methods for myself based on the results of the learning types quiz.