Journal Blog 1

Characteristics of my most significant teacher

Dr. Irma Jones (“Dr. J”), a professor working at our institution during my studies here. She is a teacher of applied business technology who works with my class. She has been working with the students, since the last 2 years and she has never once given me a chance to complain, both for her work as well as for professionalism.

She is one of those rare individuals that come along once in a lifetime to make a positive difference in someone’s life. For me, that positive change was being able to cultivate, hone, and take my applied technology skills to another level. For example, before Dr. J began teaching me, I had repeated some courses with 3 different professors, most of whom, I instinctively discerned, knew their work, but was not able to teach it, and/or communicate it efficiently and effectively; however, by the time I enrolled in her class, all the missing links fell in place and what appeared to be dark and cryptic—eventually was illuminated, and I was finally able to connect the dots.  My last letter grade for Applied Technology was a D, with Dr. J, I earned an A.

To aid us students in comprehending and learning advance methods, Dr. J, among other methods, makes effective use of Adobe’s “Livescribe smart pen” technologies by regularly posting them (worked out examples) on BlackBoard during the semester.