As a student, I knew how I liked to learn. As a
teacher, I see regularly everyone learns in different ways which is why UDL is
such an interesting and important aspect of the classroom. Upon
completing an activity on
I
saw how the process in the brain works. A picture was shown and you were
prompted to complete several questions. They explained depending on who
you are, your background, etc, you would answer these questions
differently. You were given the opportunity to work with the picture
again, with a different goal in mind. It then was able to show that eye
movements (same person, same picture) were drastically different since
different goals were in mind for a similar task. Even though you're doing
something easy (viewing an image) all three brain networks (reflective,
strategic, and affective networks) are working to process information, and doing so in different ways for different goals.
I though this was really interesting, the switch of a simple goal, but completion of the same task, could draw different results. I challenge you to try this for yourself!
Meg, I didn't notice this activity when exploring the cast website! Thanks for posting! I clicked on your link and tried the activity for myself. The part that stood out to me was noticing the child at the table, considering I'm a teacher that prompted me to notice their expression. I think this goes along perfectly with how our students perceive things based on their gender, ethnicity, and environment they are growing up in. This in turn relates to how they perceive topics in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI also liked how they tied this activity into the idea that switching a goal while using the same task, can yield different results. This is great to keep in mind while creating lessons, because we don't have to completely change what we are teaching, just how we are teaching it.
I thought the same thing when doing this activity. It was a real eye opener on the different perspectives. I'm glad you posted this for others to understand that if you change a goal, you change the way people are looking at a picture or a lesson for that matter.
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