About me
I am a CTE Business Education teacher in Las Vegas, NV. I am originally from Long Island, New York. I have two adult sons. I have one grandson. I am an avid tennis player. I worked as a marketing manager, project manager, real estate agent, mortgage loan officer and marketing consultant before becoming a business teacher. I worked on Long Island and Manhattan (NYC) in a publishing company and direct marketing company.
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I learned about the 5 basic elements to cooperative learning. And, I learned about strategies for cooperative learning. I have students play competitive games as groups, but it never occurred to me to do group quizes. Or, compile grades from group of students and give them a compiled grade. Good ideas.
I learned about the "constructivist" approach. I am not sure if I have ever heard that expression before. Seems like the more active learning there is and the more variety, the better!
It was a good confirmation of the variety that I add to my classes. Good review of learning styles and good reminder of why its challenging for instructors. It is "easier" to do one style of teaching in some ways, but in other ways, because it doesn't engage as much, it can make the classroom behavior more difficult.
Although I am familiar with most of these methods, a few, like "Catch up" were new to me. It was helpful to have direct and indirect instruction broken down so clearly. I really like the concept maps and although I am familiar with them, it occurred to me to use them in a new way after watching the video.
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About me
I am a CTE Business Education teacher in Las Vegas, NV. I am originally from Long Island, New York. I have two adult sons. I have one grandson. I am an avid tennis player. I worked as a marketing manager, project manager, real estate agent, mortgage loan officer and marketing consultant before becoming a business teacher. I worked on Long Island and Manhattan (NYC) in a publishing company and direct marketing company.
Interests
Activity
I learned about the 5 basic elements to cooperative learning. And, I learned about strategies for cooperative learning. I have students play competitive games as groups, but it never occurred to me to do group quizes. Or, compile grades from group of students and give them a compiled grade. Good ideas.
I learned about the "constructivist" approach. I am not sure if I have ever heard that expression before. Seems like the more active learning there is and the more variety, the better!
It was a good confirmation of the variety that I add to my classes. Good review of learning styles and good reminder of why its challenging for instructors. It is "easier" to do one style of teaching in some ways, but in other ways, because it doesn't engage as much, it can make the classroom behavior more difficult.
Although I am familiar with most of these methods, a few, like "Catch up" were new to me. It was helpful to have direct and indirect instruction broken down so clearly. I really like the concept maps and although I am familiar with them, it occurred to me to use them in a new way after watching the video.
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