WK 2 Reading

As we think about the possibilities in education, one could look at his or her classroom with a variety of options. For example, the frog doesn’t see doesn’t visualize the world as we do. He can only perceive the world with four types of phenomenons. The students in our classrooms or learning environments may also visualize their world very differently than the presenter. The presenter must program the learner to see what is being taught. The British neuropsychologis Richard Gregory wrote, “ The senses do not give us a picture of the world directly; rather they provide evidence for the checking of hypothesis about what lies before us. (Richard 1990)

The text stated that we also feel more secure when we can identify objects and determine their location. On sports fields, student athletes practice dozens of hours for every hour spent in a game. (Aldrich 2009) Alertness to danger, a clever strategic mind, an eye for assessing friend and foe, a knack for judging strength and weakness, the know-how to take possession… all are qualities that will safeguard us. (Text)

Who thought it would be possible to take a field, put three squares and home plate with a circle in the middle of a square and play a game? Someone visualized it and made it possible.

Aldrich, C. (2009). Learning Online with Games, Simulations, and Virtual Worlds: Strategies for Online Instruction. 123

Richard L, Gregory, Eye and Brain: The Psychology of Seeing, 4^th ed  (Princeton University Press 1990), 21-22