Learning Theories Week One T2P

Today's class was very interesting and me and was a relief away from the organizational and teaching skills of undergraduate professors.
This class incorporated many different teaching techniques, (if not all) that included physical (creating the learning maps), verbal lecture, visual, aural and social.  The social technique (group work) was stressed during this class and was most likely an attempt to break us (the students) out of our shells so that we can begin to interact just as a teacher would. Not only do we break out of our shells, but we learn to listen and reflect on what others have to say, and give feedback to them.
What was also reiterated during class was repetition in the way that others had to not only absorb material, but either repeat it, comment on it or relate it to another issue. This got us in the habit of creating a level of reciprocity between our peer and eventually students.
As the 1st class of the semester, it did a great job of letting us get to know each other as it 'forced' us to work together. The first exercise we worked on as pairs got us to go a little bit deeper into what makes our learning experiences what they are.
With the scholarly review of the chapter we read, reviewed the 'what i bring to the mix' as well as the 'learning is...' assignment, we were able to put our opinion on paper, and made it matter. The attraction of key works made us focus on who we are and made us summarize very quickly, key concepts of our essence, so we are learning who we are so we can mold where we go from here.