Tracy Abrams’s Updates

  • Update 6 - Data Quality

    The Data Quality Program Campaign is a program that really believes in the usage of data to educate students. They honor that we are all different learners and that the best way to educate yourself is to identify the areas in which work is needed. T...More

  • Update 7 - Cellular Device

    With the expansion and constant use of cell phones, I believe that learning will have to shift and adapt to the main source of technology in society, which is mobile device use. There has been an up rise in use of cell phones and people in today’s t...More

  • Update 5 - Differentiated Learning

    Differentiated instruction is a style of teaching that includes providing lessons in a variety of ways that respect how students learn. Differentiated learning provides different students with different avenues of learning, being that we are all dif...More

  • Update 4 - Twitter

    A popular mainstream social media site that utilizes an activity stream is Twitter. Twitter is a platform that is used to connect people throughout the world to information from the users or groups they follow in real time. Using Twitter, you can co...More

  • Update 2 - ALEKS

    One example of adaptive learning would be the ALEKS program. This programming allows users to get more practice on the material that they struggle with the most. It is most commonly used for Math education. This program is offered to students from K...More

  • Update 7 - Community of Practice at Park Districts

    Park districts have played a major role in communities and the way that people develop and learn. Park districts have been an outlet for the community that allows a person to ultimately share knowledge, information, and go through experiences togeth...More

  • Update 3 - Peer Explaining Method

    According to Piaget, Constructivism learning occurs “through processes of assimilation, in which you make the things you experience in the material or social world fit into your existing mental framework, and through accommodation in which your rati...More

  • Update 4 - The Impact Concussions Have On Learning

    Concussions are something that has had a tremendous impact on the brain and humans in general.  A concussion normally occurs when a person sustains an impact to the head or body. It also has a tremendous impact on your consciousness. A concussion is...More

  • Update 5: Nature vs. Nurture

    The social mind can be understood as both environmental as well as biological.  The reason why I say that it falls under both categories is because I strongly believe that your “nature” being the environment that you are brought up in,  as well as p...More

  • Update 2: The impact of lower IQ on criminals

    Individuals who have a lower IQ are more likely to commit a crime then people with a higher IQ. There has been a clear connection between peoples IQ’s and whether or not they will be convicted for a crime. Being that these individuals are not as int...More