Summary Post C4T- Teacher #3

I was assigned to comment on <a href="http://keepingkidsfirst.wordpress.com/"> Mrs. Hine's blog </a> for these two assignments. The first post of hers that I commented on was a post summarizing a lecture that she had recently heard. She had some great points in this post that I really agreed with. The first thing that really caught my attention was that Mrs. Hines mentioned differentiation and its benefits in the classroom. I agree with her that differentiation creates self confidence among students, therefore it is a very important factor in the classroom. The second thing that I really enjoyed from this post was Mrs. Hines' summarization from the lecture about how teachers must make sure that their students always learn as much as possible. This is incredibly important so that we always make sure that we teach our students to the very best of our ability. In order to be sure that our students are learning as much as possible from us, we must make sure that they completely understand the content of what we are teaching.

The second post that I commented on was one in which Mrs. Hines discussed how important her PLN is to her. She stated that she had to leave her PLN for a few days, and this is what made her realize how important it is to her. In this post, we see how necessary it is for teachers to have collaboration with a group of people. Mrs. Hines shows us how important it is to have a PLN and have access to using it regularly. The main part of this post was the realization of the sum of the parts. It is seen in this post that having connections with an entire group of people is far more beneficial than communicating with those people one on one.

In conclusion, these two posts were incredibly beneficial for me to read. Before this class, I had never even heard of a PLN and now I am really seeing just how important it is for me to have one. As a teacher,  feel like this will be one of my greatest benefits. Mrs. Hines' post simply reassured this assumption for me. I also know that I will be responsible for bringing differentiation into my classroom in order to build self confidence among my students. This, along with all of the other points made in these two posts, boosted my confidence in what I am planning to do with my students when I finally become a teacher.