https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r IDT 3600-411 Emily Emrich en-us 2021-01-25 17:17:43 UTC 2026-03-15 02:45:08 UTC hello@padlet.com egemrich https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123111742 One experience I have had with Active meaningful learning was in elementary school when we were learning about nature. We were required to go outside by the wooded area and write down observations we were able to make based of the knowledge we learned in the classroom. This allowed us all to not only share our observations and thoughts with our peers, but it also gave us real life examples of what we were learning in the classroom allowing us to comprehend and retain the information taught.

Another time I have used Active meaningful learning that was beneficial to me was in STEM. We had a lot of projects that required us to manipulate common everyday items to problem solve and make things out of those mundane objects to create a stable and working structure used for a specific purpose. This allowed me to be actively engaged in a meaningful task that grew my knowledge and understanding of the class lessons, and it also allowed all of us to be able to observe and brain storm on why what we made did or did not effectively work overall creating a meaningful learning environment.]]> 2021-01-25 17:21:31 UTC https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123111742 egemrich https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123117204 One experience I had with constructive meaningful learning that I would say wasn't extremely beneficial for me was last year in my CHEM lab. Whenever doing labs we would observe the reactions of the chemicals taking place all while knowing what the outcome should be. That being said if we did not get that outcome we would have to reflect on the experiment we just did and find the mistake we made that would caused the wrong results, and then would have to redo the lab fixing that mistake to show our understanding for the lesson.

Another experience that happened throughout my school experience that I believed greatly helped me was making corrections on tests whether we got it wrong or made silly mistakes, and having to redo the problem and analyze what mistake we made and what we need to do differently next time. Personally when I make a mistake and have the opportunity to reflect and correct that mistake than I am more easily able to retain that knowledge and show understanding of the concept at hand.]]> 2021-01-25 17:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123117204 egemrich https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123119078 One experience I have had with cooperative meaningful learning was in my high school english class. My teacher paired us in to groups where we shared our knowledge and opinions until we all agreed on a consensus, and then each group had one person present those ideas and knowledge to the rest of the groups creating a debate of sorts within the class. This allowed us to see completely different opinions and perspectives on the proposed question that was separate from our own allowing us to further our knowledge on the lesson at hand.

Another experience I had that I considered quite fun was in middle school for a science project my teacher called the "Jigsaw". We were placed in groups and given a topic (For example my group was on the water cycle). Each of us had a different phase of the water cycle that we had to gain information on and write a draw what we learned on a puzzle piece. While one piece alone didn't make sense when we put all the pieces together we were able to see the whole water cycle which in turn helped us retain and develop knowledge on the water cycle.]]> 2021-01-25 17:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123119078 egemrich https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123122075 One experience I had with Intentional meaningful learning was in High school when we had a project in History where we had to make a factual piece on a specific year. That being said we were allowed to decide how we presented the information, and on what historical event of importance we talked about. As long as it included the information points required we were given the freedom to explore a topic that interested us from that year and we had the freedom to choose what the best way to present that information was.

Another example of intentional meaningful learning I have experienced was in economics class in High school. While the lesson was on regulating money we were each given a salary that told us how much money we were making. Then individually we had to problem solve on what to use that money on including bills in order to sustain a life. This was a hard task for a lot of us considering our salaries differed greatly but we were given the freedom to make those choices then at the end we reflected on our choices and observed how we could have spent that money wiser all the while learning the importance of logical spending.]]> 2021-01-25 17:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123122075 egemrich https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123276519 One experience I have had with authentic meaningful learning was in high school Geometry class. We were required to predict the area of the school buildings wall which provided me and my peers with real life context on the complexity of area when it comes to much larger items/buildings. Therefore, allowing us to have a problem-based learning environment that helped us to get a better grasp and understanding of the material being taught.

Another example of authentic meaningful learning I've experienced was in elementary school as we were learning about money. After teaching basic math skills such as addition or subtraction the teacher made us act as if we were buying something with pretend money to grow an understanding of the value in each coin and dollar and the purpose. Then once I started getting money through doing chores around the house and more when it added up enough my mom would take me to the store to buy something; Therefore, I would have to determine how much I have to spend, add up how much each item was, and determine how much I would have left over giving me an authentic learning experience that transferred the lesson of basic math and money into a real life scenario. ]]> 2021-01-25 17:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/egemrich/zdhnb3qyxa3r9p6r/wish/1123276519