C4T Summary Teacher #3

First post

In Ms. Diane’s first post she talked about the art of listening. How it is desperately needed in schools and in other work environments. She listed a couple of strategies that could help with increasing a students listening ability. One of the examples she gave was giving them a personal story of what happened when you didn’t listen and what was the consequence. Another was to get them into groups and have them listen to their partner and repeat their sentence. She explained that not only is it just good manners to listen, but it is also beneficial to. This could help them with their reading and listening for a longer period of time.
I explained to Ms. Diane that I agreed with her statements. I explained that I had to do some of the strategies that she was listing with my younger sister. I told her that when I am subbing there is nothing more aggravating then when a student refused to listen. Either that or bushes you off and does what he/she wants to anyway. Listening will help everyone, adults included. This is why we should start them young while their brains are easier to mold.

Second Post

In Diane’s second post she posted about how optimism is a must in the classroom. She talked about how student’s minds are changeable, so if we enforce optimism they will in turn use optimism. There are a lot of rewards to using optimism such as the student’s creativity and turning in assignments in on time. She discusses that optimism is more about the effort put into the assignment. Where as pessimism is their ability. If the student’s feel that they aren’t going to do a good job then they are not going to give the assignment any effort. This will then make their grades become lower. Diane also discusses some strategies that are helpful such as R.A.D.A.R., Deal with it, TNT, and delete. R.A.D.A.R. stands for recognize, assess, dispute, alternative, and rehearse. Deal with it means for them to take care of the problem right away. TNT stands for The Next Time, which means student’s learn from what they did wrong and fix it. And delete means to get rid of the negativity.

I wrote to Diane that I do agree with her on optimism being a must. I said that many teachers and parents do not always show their optimism, which is why students do not do well. Even if there is one person in their life showing their optimism this will help the student out. Pessimism can have a lot of consequences such as: procrastination, bad grades, and late assignments. The students do not believe that they can do better, so they do not put forth the effort. We need to be able to say to the students that they are doing a good job, and that we are proud of them. If there is no positive reinforcement why would they try to work harder? Even if there is not others in their life that show optimism there should be at least one person. One smile can make a room full of smiles. Smiling is a lot easier than a frown.