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Well, I have had this blog for about 24 hours and I keep thinking about all of the DIA strategies I could post about. I plan on posting new things every few days. As I was lesson planning this afternoon, I realized that differentiating in a classroom to meet all of the student's needs takes a lot of work, but it pays off in the end with less classroom management issues, more engaged students and ultimately more successful students. Not only do these three things drive me to do what I can for my students, but it has increased my interest in lesson planning. What once seemed to be never ending, has become enjoyable and challenging. I love trying to think of new ways to teach a certain topic or skill. It is really the students who have driven this passion in me to create lessons that will amaze, entice and encourage students to want to learn more. I think my biggest feeling of success to this point in my career is watching the students in an essential level geography class discussing the topic of the lesson and genuinely excited about what they are learning. This is what DIA could do for you in your class!