It's important to get to know your students and what is relevant to them in order to possibly keep them engaged.
There will be these types of students in every class.
However, there are great ways to suggest improvements for inattentive students or ready to quit students.
Make sure all students feel included!
Make it so the students have the opportunity to interact and feel apart of the discussion.
Really enjoyed this lesson, I have a fresh outlook on how to teach my students and not get upset over this issues I can overcome now.
I love when students get calls in class. The first time I hear a ringtone or vibration, I sprint to the student and insist to talk to whoever is calling. This is all presented playfully, as a gag. "I wanna talk! I wanna talk!" They're usually so surprized that they'll either mute the phone or actually let me answer. When I do get to answer, I usually answer with "Atlanta Police Dept. Zone 6, this is Sarg. Whatever." Always gets a laugh and the phones are silent for the remainder of the term.
Good insights into how totame theshow-off, involve the shy types.
I learned from this module how to deal with different distracting students and how to overcome their actions in class.
I have learned about the role of instructor to provide encouragement and give instructional support for students who are falling behind. Also, the course explains well how to incorporate all the students to participate in the class and avoid distractors.
As the instructure, you need to be in controll of the class by being engaging. As a new clincal intrutrue thisis sometimes difficult when teaching a course. For example teaching nursing student, in the clas oyu have lpn, and cna. LPN and CNA's as basic knowlege and someytimes they try to take over.
it is important to have an understanding of the age group you are dealing with and make sure to hold the engagement as some students can sometimes be overshadowed by front and center students who often speak up.
As an all-online course, it would be easy to skim this section. However, this information is help in dealing with types of students one on one as well.
I have learned how to better control my classroom through effective techniques that can be applied to each individual learner. This will help to keep my studentss better engaged in the learning process.
I have 2 really chatty students in the same class. For the most part, I pair them up on assignments so they can tire each other out. I think I like the observer method because it requires them to stay focused while giving their input.
I loved the idea of seating chart, as it's fair to everyone to rotate using the different raws of the classroom, it also provides a little fresh atmosphere every session, so they don't get "too comfortable" in one area.
Reply to Shelley Freshman's post:I totally agree with your comment, Shelley. Every word.
These days it's hard to keep one's attention when they are connected to their watch, iPhone, iPad, iEVERYHITNG! I feel like these devices should all be turned off during class time.
This presentation brought insight and awareness of the differenty type of students. I have also learned how to use various stratagies to keep the flow of instruction going.
The instructor needs to develop stratagies to manage the behavior of the "center-stage" student. This is so that each student in the class has equal opportunity for participation, and also so that the center-stage student doesn't take over the leadership role in the classroom (by taking that role away from the instructor.)
The instructor can manage behaviors by delploying stratgies such as giving a set number of opportunities per student to participate in the class.
Delegating the center-stage student to the role of monitor/observer, whereby they take notes on the lecture and then summarize for the class in their own words from the notes they've taken.
I have a few students in my class who sit in the back of the class in a group and talk and are on the cell phones, so I decided to change the seating arrangments. I broke up the group and placed each of them in a different row. I think I like the idea of having the student listen to my lecture and give them 1 min to write down the key points. I usually give a pop quiz the next day on the topic of the lecture.
I liked the talk about the student who wanted to be the standout student. I often found this studentt to be one who was not so good with the subject but good with being the class clown. Good points of how to keep them in check
