Never a failure, always a learner. – Rihanna
If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should
teach the way they learn. – Ignacio Estrada
ü Did you know that Mary Todd Lincoln conducted some shady accounting
while she resided in the White House with the President? She had a spending problem!
ü Did you know that President Woodrow Wilson conducted the first
presidential press conference in 1913?
ü Did you know that each president has a social secretary that plans
various public events at the White House daily?
I love to
learn and I love to read. However, I recently
discovered podcasts and audio books. Yes,
I know they have been around for a long time, but I was not convinced I could
learn from them.
I tend to
be more of an auditory learner because I often repeat words/phrases verbally or
silently in my head to grasp a concept, but I still had the mindset that I had
to read something to truly learn. Additionally,
as a lady that constantly wants to be doing something just listening to something
is hard for me. I questioned if I would learn
from listening to something while doing something else (multitasking). Research has shown that multitasking is not
beneficial and it takes longer to complete the various tasks because going
between two tasks actually delays completion and learning.
My quest to
determine if I could do a task and learn from a podcast/audiobook at the same
time began. If I am going to do both
tasks, I want to benefit from both of them!
After
researching and my own personal experience, I believe that it depends on the
tasks being completed. For me, I know I
can listen to a podcast or an audiobook while running and I will learn. Running is a habit, very simple for me and it
does not compete for any mental resources that I would use to listen to a
podcast. Furthermore, I believe while multitasking
(listening to a podcast and doing another task) a learner will grasp broad
concepts, but remembering the small intricate details of something such as
dates in history will be more difficult.
CHALLENGE: What new idea or habit can you incorporate into
your life before 2017 ends?
Resources:
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/whistlestop/2017/06/mary_todd_lincoln_s_shady_accounting.html
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