The main ideas I took away from this class to help better me as a teacher is learning how to teach every kind of student. Equality is important and each student, regardless of size,race, mental ability,should receive a fair education. It is crucial to teach students more than one way to solve a problem. Everyone's mind works differently and comes from different homes, so therefore it is important to know your students' strengths and weaknesses. Mostly I learned that learning should be fun! The first thing you need to do in a classroom is grab the students' interest and then get the ball rolling, encouraging them to think on their own. Creativity and uniqueness are going to be the main criteria in my future classroom. I learned an amazing amount of stuff from each of my classmates and their blogs. Being able to see another students point of view, or how they attacked the subject/ felt about it, really helped me to get a better understanding on most assignments. I learned ways to teach multicultural classrooms, I learned about famous educators and their theories, and mainly I learned how to teach about holidays. I was struck the most by how much I loved the online class and how well I excelled in it. This class really helped me to "put my foot in the door" of education.The blogs and each of the assignments taught me to have patience, encourage students to be different and creative. I hope to be a great teacher in the future!
