Hi everyone!
In case you are a little curious about the person behind the blog posts, I thought I would introduce myself!
My name is Dayna Perry and I am a math-fanatic. What can I say? I love the challenge of solving a math problem, and I live for the rush of excitement that comes from finding a solution (one of many, in some cases)! I am also a sucker for numbers, but even numbers are my favourite! I love Sudoku, nano-grams, and Reno-grams; basically any game that allows me to work and play with numbers has me fascinated! I will also apologize in advance for my overzealous use of exclamation marks in my writing. For some reason, exclamation marks tend to make everything seem more exciting, especially when placed at the end of a sentence relating to the topic of math. Math tends to be seen as a boring subject, so it couldn't hurt to throw a few exclamation marks in to help spice up this seemingly dull (never!) topic. Could it?
All joking matters aside, math is a wonderful subject. I have always enjoyed math, and have loved teaching others when they have struggled to understand some of the basic or more complex concepts. For this reason, I chose to pursue a career in math education. I am heading into my fifth and final year, which is also known as the year of teacher's college. This blog will be used as a tool to help me reflect on my math teaching experience. I hope to use this year to learn how to make math meaningful and relevant for my students, so that they will not have to ask me, "Ms. Perry, what is the point? Why am I learning this? When am I ever going to use this in the real world?". My mission throughout the year, and throughout my teaching career is to help students answer these questions on their own, by providing them with real world examples and applications. I want my students to have fun! Why is it acceptable for the math classroom to be boring? Math should never be boring...if it is, then we have a serious problem on our hands. I want to be able to restore some of the confidence that has been lost along the way for many of my students who believe in the stereotypical "math person/type". I need to help my students realize that we are all capable of learning math, and the true beauty of math is that it is universal; everyone can learn to understand it and find meaning in it.
Throughout this year of teacher's college I hope to make mistakes and learn from them. I hope that you will join me in my adventure, and hopefully we will be able to make mistakes together, and learn from one another!
To end this post on a good note, here is a math joke for you to enjoy!
+Dayna+
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