blog posting April 5,2010

My experiences with 21st century West Virginia have been quite in depth. First off as a West Virginia resident, I spent three out my four years of high school I experienced these standards first hand every day. However, I have not had a great deal of exposure with these standards in my classes so far in the Benedum collaborative. I have used some technology as a tutor, almost exclusively with the interactive white board. Obviously I have also had a lot of experience with powerpoint and so on. I think there are alot of intangibles that make a great teacher. First and foremost, I think that a good teacher needs to be able to make the material exciting and engaging to the learner. If a student is not engaged and/ or excited about the material the student is probably not going to learn the material and if they do, then they will probably not really learn it, they will just know the material long enough to take a test. I think that a teacher must also be understanding. In no other career I can think of is understanding as important as it is in education, especially when discussing younger students.