I've learned that strong communication is essential for effective learning. It goes beyond just speaking clearly—it's about listening actively, giving constructive feedback, reading non-verbal cues, and adjusting your message to suit different learning styles.
Very good info about "floating" around class to make sure all students feel engaged and part of the discussion.
Repeat important stuff so the student's learning can catch up.....eye contact, float through the classroom, enthusiasm with control.
It's important to float around the class to keep students interested, focused.
Let's face it, as teachers, we are in some ways actors, and we need to learn to control voice, gestures, posture, eyes, body location in the room to enhance learning. This section provided good nuggets on how to do this.
As an instructor it is important while lecturing the class to show enthusiasm and show excitement in the course so that students also feed off of our energy as teachers.
There are many techniques to teach while being more than just a droning voice. I will be most effective by using real world examples to help illustrate a point combined with being lively while speaking.
There are many elements to a successful presentation during instruction. It is easy—especially for nervous presenters to develop habits that detract from their instruction. Mindfulness in your tone, movement, and eye contact yield improved results.
I have learned to move off the desk and walk around the classroom to keep students engaged in class without being bored. I have also learned that eye contact, smiling, and building rapport are essential to a more conducive and fun learning experience between instructors and students.
I used a lot of facial expressions, gestures, and hands movements, at one time in my life, I was told to refrain from doing so, now, after this lecture, I learned that is acceptable to used during your class, keep students focused on you.
I appreciate the instruction on use of hands and facial expressions in teaching. My brother lives with me and is deaf and mute. We have a deaf ministry at our church in which I serve. When communicating with the hearing impaired, the American Sign Language includes the hand signs, facial expressions, and acting. One young girl who used to interpret had absolutely no facial expression changes. I found it very distracting because the sermons and music interpreted was rich with feelings.
I liked this lesson learning the different skills and strategies used in a classroom for the best teaching techniques
Developing good communication skills through proper and appropriate information related to the course content, pacing, active listening are very effective tools.
I feel eye contact is one of the most important things that we need to do.
I realize the points with which I can better get a student to focus in on and have a higher chance to succeed and which points I have been doing well.
Working to enhance good teaching communication skills takes time. Learning to step out into the classroom to engage with the students will help connection between student and speaker. Evaluating facial expressions of the students helps to monitor for disconnect. Understanding the audience sets the tone of the lecture. Using notes on a 5x7 card assists with a clear view of the students and I will not drop my papers all over. Clear projection with confidence to engage the students but with a pause in between points to help the students catch up with the material content spoken. Absorbing small amounts of material at a time with constant repeating assists learners grasp the information. Moving around the room also helps the instructor to check up on the students but also keeps the students refocused each 2-3 minutes.
I like to review my videos and rely on survey feedback and verbal confirmation from students themselves to see if I'm teaching is effective and enjoyable as well as informative and what I can improve on.
i usually have abbreviations for learning, if assessing patient's extremity during head to toe
TECCT
T stands for temperature
E-edema
C-color appropriate for race
C-cap refill
T- turgor
When I am teaching students I usually share abbreviations, or ways of learning how certain informations.
Students often miss key points as they are being given. Call attention to these points by making statements such as the following:
"This is a really important point."
"Listen closely to this point because it will help you to….."
I usually tell my students...listen up "this will show up as a question in ATI so pay attention"
A word of caution. Overuse these phrases and students will start to tune them out and miss the content you are sharing. Also, after making one of the above statements, share the point and give application of it.
Connecting previous lessons to current lessons helps students understand what has been covered and how it connects to what is being taught in the present.
Creating an outline or plan of the points that will be covered in the class period helps student to know ahead of time what is going to be covered.
Floating around the room allows you to connect with students while you are teaching and check in on them to detemine their understanding or misconceptions.
