Working together to make the future better!

Meeting the needs of each and every student in your classroom is a very important thing to focus on. How do you do this? Communication is one of the key factors to this! Throughout this semester we have been talking about the difference of past learners and today's learners. The classroom and teaching skills are very different and as a future teacher it is important to be aware of these kinds of things.

This week I found an article, elearningindustry.com, that Olivia retweeted on twitter, Collaborative Learning: Why transforming classrooms into collaboration rooms can make a big difference. From the title of this article I knew that this was an important factor with wanting to be a teacher in today's world and classroom. It is very obvious that teaching is different than what it use to be. This article mentions that collaborative learning is important because students need to have student-teacher communication and also with peers. With students being able to communication with one another, it can be beneficial to their education and understanding. Some teachers and administrators can see this communication as chaos. However, things are different from the past and it is time to step away from the old traditions. This article also mentions three benefits of collaborative learning. The first one is "Students can learn more from their peers dab develop the habit of working in teams." This is like I mentioned earlier, students are different and when they can work together it gives them different ideas and help with their education. The second one is, "Teachers can assign different tasks to each group, depending upon their abilities." This allows students to receive personalized learning activities and tasks. Lastly, "Shared devices can lower the cost considerably and accelerate the process of getting the school online" This relates to doing a flipped classroom method. Students who can't always come to class or have medical reasons, this is where technology and the collaboration meet. This would have a huge impact on these students and help out so much. Education can be fitting for each and every student. Meeting students needs and allowing them to be engaged in the classroom will create an attitude where students want to go to school.

This article made me realize how important it is to be an active teacher and have a collaborative classroom that incorporates technology and an atmosphere that engages each and a every student. I would relate this to Standard 4 of the North Carolina Teaching Standards, Teachers facilitate learning for their students. If I can only say one thing that I have learned so far this semester it would be to meet the needs of the students for their success in education. If there is anything to help your students be successful in the classroom, do it!