From+The+Heart

From my heart I learned through this wiki that technology can fit into every subject. Doing this wiki from a mathematics stand point using technology can allow the students to get a much deeper understanding of the content and have it become more than just numbers and formulas. With the use of my wiki I showed students examples of how to take a much more in depth look each of the subcategories in the subjects that I desire to teach. Sometimes I got concerned because I had my students look to the internet for information about certain things and I feel this takes away from the teacher-student relationship because the interaction about the content area from student to teacher is decreased since many of the assignments seemed to have an internet basis. To overcome this I know that I still need to have an open door policy with my students so they know I am here to help them succeed and not just relying on the assignments and the technology to do my teaching for me, but to more so use it as an aid to enhance the teaching that I am doing making me a much more dynamic and versatile instructor. From doing this wiki I learned that projects require a lot more work from the teacher because they must provide instructions as well as examples of A work, as a teacher becomes more of a veteran providing examples of A work will be much easier because they will have students who provide you with A work. But with this little bit of information I can become a better student because I not have knowledge about what it take to make a project for the instructor and I should put in as much if not more effort then I believe they did, if I can understand that as a student then when I make the transition from student to teacher I will know what to expect from students and how to build a relationship with them in order to maximize their success. Ultimately I know that I am going to reward students who work hard and show an educational progression rather than a regression. Because I know from my athletic background it’s not how you start but how you finish is what’s important and as an instructor I hope to show my students that I am most interested in their learning then my teaching prowess, because I have learned from experience they go hand in hand. Thank you Dr. C for allowing me to have such freedom as do put myself into this wiki, and allowing me to explore different areas of mathematics.