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I am a visual and hearing type of learner. I usually have to see it done first before being able to do it myself. When I am trying to learn I block everything else out. This MI is called Body Movement. I am a Body Movement learner. Body Movement learners do activities like:
      Swimming
      Walking
      Sports
      Use Motor Skills
I feel that people do learn better with certain teaching styles or ways but I feel that teaching styles are not needed. I stated earlier that I am a visual and hearing type of learner and that I use body movement to better understanding something. However, I am perfectly capable of learning something taught in a different way that does not fit my learning style. I agree with the first article that "We should not divide the population into a set of categories (i.e., visual and auditory learners). What these various instruments attempt to do is to allocate a person on some point on a continuum (similar to measuring height or weight). In other words, do not pigeonhole people as we are all capable of learning under almost any style, no matter what our preference is." Despite the preference that works better with us, I feel that anyone can learn with any type of learning with any type of learning method so learning styles are not needed.

If I was teaching a lesson I feel that it would be best to teach the lesson, not with a learning style that works best for students, but what method would accurately teach the lesson the best. I would teach my classroom, like stated in the second article, "teachers should worry about matching their instruction to the content they are teaching. Some concepts are best taught through hands-on work, some are best taught through lectures, and some are best taught through group discussions."

My personal MI, like stated earlier, is body movement. I learn better when I am hands on or physically doing the activity. Some activities that follow my MI are swimming, walking, sports, keyboarding, perhaps using a microscope, etc. Here is an example of a teacher who incorporated technology in the classroom that used my MI of body movement. On this website a middle school teacher uses the game system Wii in the classroom to allow students to interact and learn about topics such as: science, geography, sports, problem solving etc.

References
Clark, D. (2012, March 6). Learning styles & preferences. Retrieved from http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html

Glenn, D. (2009, December 15).Matching learning style to learning style may not help students.
http://chronicle.com/article/Matching-Teaching-Style-to/49497/