How can you make your classroom better?

The video "10 Big Ideas for Better Classrooms" will leave you eager to wanting to change the future of your classroom. Every year students are growing and being introduced to so many new things and this video eleborates on what you can do as a teacher to help your students. The video gave 10 big ideas. They were project based learning, integrated studies, cooperative learning, comprehensive assessment, intellectual and emotional guide, teaching as apprenticeship, technology, resources, parents, and community partners. All of these combined make up a great way to better the learning in the classroom. To help a child learn better you need the teachers, parents, and communities help. The saying, "It takes a village to raise a child" is very accurate. They were on to something there. Students need hands on projects, teamwork, and real world experience to really understand and actually carry with them the information. Students need to know their parents care and the teachers are there for them. Rewarding students for showing up everyday and conducting positive behavior deserves a reward. 

I want my students to know I care about them. If they don't understand a question I want them to feel comfortable in asking me or another student for help. I don't want them to feel embarrassed for not knowing an answer, because we have all been there. Being a kid is tough and if I can make their learning experience easier, then I will do everything in my power to do just that. I want all of my students to remember projects we did from 2 years ago and wake up every morning excited about school. By doing hands on projects that involve real life data and experiences will give them a head start into their future. It will help them to develop skills some of us didn't learn until college or even after we've started our careers. A lot of people learn by touching things, seeing things, and building things. If students can work together on their strengths and weaknesses, then they can build each other up. This applies to the teachers as well. We as teachers can help each other with our weaknesses and congratulate us on our strengths. Sitting in on a lesson and observing each other can only help us to becoming the teacher our students need. It's all about the future of our children and the future of this world.