My PLN

Robinson, A. © 2015

What was the topic highlighted

The workshop that I attended was called “It’s All Up to You” and the information that was discussed was about classroom management in the classroom. Joanne Myers had led this workshop which was held on Friday January 30, 2015. It was an amazing workshop it was engaging, and very informative of information I did not know could be done with classroom management. This workshop demonstrated understanding of how to incorporate classroom management through activities, booklets, and engaging discussion about how to incorporate classroom management without trying very hard at all.

How would a classroom teacher (or YOU) use the information for instructional purposes?

     A classroom teacher or I would use this information for instructional purposes because the whole way of teaching now today does not even really need to worry about classroom management if you are engaging students in the lesson. The more time you engage students the less time they worry about being disruptive, off-task, or bored. This workshop helped enlighten some activities such as team building activities, ones that help students try to understand and concentrate on elements that they are learning in an engaging way. A classroom teacher could find activities that are well suited for their class, or students’ interests. Depending on what subjects are being taught many activities can be adjusted based on student needs that engage them as well. The main idea of this workshop is to use engaging activities to strive students to be engaged and as a class create their own classroom rules that are co-created. Ensure that students understand all of the rules that they made.

What was ONE reason for selecting this presentation (include why you selected this

presentation—For example:

       One reason I selected this presentation is because I see a real need for this type of strategy used in instruction. Teachers and I need to understand how to implement classroom management in the classroom with our students. Teachers and students need to understand the purpose of classroom management and how it effectively works. It can work really well especially when the whole class is engaged and there are no issues shown throughout class. Classroom management is needed to help students learning, for them to stay on track and not have a second to get bored, or distracted. Without classroom management in lessons you will not have a pure successful lesson where students will not learn at their maximum potential.