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Thursday, April 7, 2022

Dinner with Dimentia

/  Dinner with Dementia 

“This is my house!” Leona announced outright in sheer frustration to guests’ reprised shock; of this burst from 80 something, once drop-dead gorgeous socialite.

A scrumptious meal prepared by her son and husband.  The freshly caught fried fish, array of corn and zucchini laid out on a beautifully set table by her grand daughter.  Friends at this small gathering awaiting for their meal to be buttered by choice, so too is the choice of the conversation…’reality shows.’ 
As all the chatter carried on regarding all their favorites of the reality shows when Leona,  whose limited speech startled everyone when without a stutter, remarkably films, ‘This is my house!!!’ 

All etiquette aside, with only primal knowledge, the hunter should be embraced with the highest respect, silence.  I suspect all matters of conversation is initially led by the hunter, in this case the hostess.

Alzheimer's stripped ability to heed blatancy, albeit Leona nodded approvingly at my silence.
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OBSERVATION - Why Don't Students Like School?

"Because the Mind is Not Designed for Thinking"
"Strange as it may sound, the mind is not designed for thinking--it's designed to save us from having to think. Because thinking is slow, effort-full, and uncertain, we rely on memory, not thought, to guide us whenever possible. Nonetheless, we are curious and we do like to think, so long as the issue or problem at hand is neither too easy nor too hard." Willingham, D.T.www.danielwillingham.com

When our ED443 classmate said out loud "I don't read instruction", upon signing out for a video camera, I too agreed quietly." Now from Mr. Willingham's research in the U.S. mainland, I know for sure this is not an "island thing."

The professor of cognitive psychology conveys that people are naturally curious, but they are not naturally good thinkers; unless cognitive conditions are right, people will avoid thinking.

The implication of this principle is that teachers should reconsider how they encourage their students to think in order to maximize the likelihood that students will get the pleasurable rush that comes from successful thought.

That said, all my ED443 classmates of Fall 2009 would agree that Dr. J. Cyrus did just that. She gave us all the necessary tools with the intensive projects and assignments and requirements for active collaboration. Because knowledge itself is a social network, our teacher invited us to join using technology (too many to mention here), that is itself inherently fluid, flexible and often geared toward a bottom-up strategy of her method in facilitating the subject at hand.

It certainly raised me up from the level of having used the computer simply for a typewriter and a word processor device. I have solved many problems with the complex activities which required great effort and of course creative collaboration of all Cyrus' students I happened to meet in and out of class. The abundance of free tools given by our teacher was there for the taking.
With great practice and use of these tools, I feel confident that I can comfortably motivate my students to engage with new technologies as well.


Demonstration of Assistive Adaptive Technology Devices

I will boldly go where I have never gone before in the field of technology. The visits to University of Guam's GSAT, (Guam Service Assistive Technology felt like I've entered into a realm of power

Demonstration of AAT Device - Smart Talk and Digital Voice Recorder

I will boldly go where I have never gone before in the field of technology. The assigned visits to University of Guam's GSAT, (Guam Service Assistive Technology) felt as if I had entered into a realm of power. The shelves displayed hundreds of devices from low tech, medium tech, and high tech, awaiting the hands of education professionals to research, study, and motivate to help students struggling in school challenged with disabilities or impairments. Please view my demonstration of the ‘Smart Talk’ and the Digital Voice Recorder for valuable information.



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DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER BY SONY


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