My name is Danielle Truchanowicz. I am currently in my freshmen year at Edinboro University. This blog is about my experiences and opinions during my Technology for Teaching class. I hope to inform and entertain any teachers, students or prospective teachers out there : )
I believe that the right teacher, can make any student successful, but how
does a teacher change the way a student thinks about a subject (or perhaps
their attitude about school all together)? The right teacher can help a
struggling student do better. The right teacher can make a student who hated a
subject, still do well in the class.
Through my own personal experience I know that this is possible. Growing up,
I always hated math. I never understood it and my grades were always terrible.
In my sophomore year, I braced myself for my Geometry class. I excepted to hate
this class, as it was a math class. The teacher was Mr. Sanford. He taught the
class in a way that made sense to me. He did the notes in a way that was
organized differently from the other math teachers that I had. That class
actually made sense to me. It also taught me something more important, and that
was how I learn math best. The ways in which I can take a math class, and help
myself learn. This is also the case in my Spanish classes throughout high
school. The first Spanish class I took in ninth grade, I hated. I got by with a
low C. I was forced (by the high schools requirements) to take another Spanish
class. This class, I loved. I received an A in the class and it occurred to me
that the reason I loved that class so much, was the teacher. Her notes, and her
teaching methods made sense to me. I ended up taking four more years of Spanish
and love it now. The point is, that because of the different style of teaching
by this two teachers, I now have the tools I need to pass a math, or a Spanish
class with just about any teacher. I know what works best for me and that is
very important.
A good teacher is a teacher who can teach a lesson so that every
child in the class will understand.
I can't learn math the same way the person sitting next to me can. I hope
that when I am a teacher some day, I remember this. Things need to be explained
several times, and in several different ways.
One of the most important things my high school did, was make me take
several different MultipleIntelligences
tests. These tests helped me to find out what ways of learning work best for me. They still help me today to study and take notes.
If you are a student and have not done this yet, I suggest taking a multiple intelligence test. It can help with studying and even taking notes in class. There are tons of free sites online that you can find to take them Here is one:
