I have never asked students for their biography and will do this in my future classes! Great idea!
I learned that it is most important to showcase my experience and credentials when presenting myself to my students at the start of the course. Also, that I need to establish a personal connection to each student early in the course.
Creating relationships with students and showing trust, respect, and consideration during every instructional session will help build an energized classroom conducive to a meaningful, and dynamic learning experience.
Try to find some things you have in common with the students. Some times this will open them up to dissusion.
This is all so very new to me, in general. I'm excited to explore ways of effectively communicating with and getting to know, my students. I feel giving a few bits of personal enjoyments can bring a personaization instead of a "robot" on the other side of the screen. Becoming an on-line presence might be tricky at first but I'm looking forward to giving it a try!
The idea of sharing a biography of the teacher and also a student biography to allow for a more personal approach is a very good first interaction.
I plan on adding a bio to my welcome note on the first day of class previously I've just added a welcome note.
I should compose a video about me and who I am including my credentials, but also my hobbies. Give my students an idea of who I am, but ask them to do the same so I know who they are. I think Flipgrid would be a fun way to get to know my students and a Form would be a great way to orgranize all the information.
In order to develop a professional relationship with my students I would post o biography of myself and inform the students of my expectations. Then have the students post a short biography of themselves with them explaining why they are taking this course and what their expectations of the course are.
Educator should share a brief boigraphy of yourself inculde educational credentials achievements, and professional expenence.
Have students post a short biography of themselves to be shared with everyone.
It's our duty to get to know our students and for them to know us on a personal and professional level to create that feeling of security and comfort. It will make learning and teaching more effective.
I learned the difference between synchronous and asynchronous discussions and the most appropriate time to use each when utilizing an online learning platform.
I learned the importance of getting to know your students and supporting them, even when using an online learning platform.
It is very important to know the face behind the computer or the voice. A very brief and concise introduction of the instructor and also a brief introduction of the students to bridge familiarity in a way and also to build student's self confidence.
I learned that relationships matter. It is important to establish who you are so that it will help your students share who they are.
I learned that it is important to get to know your students in different ways in an online enviornment, and using a biography is a great way to learn something about them. Using technology in their biography would also be a great way to allow them to showcase their skillset.
I will encourage students that live close to eachother to set up face-to-face discussions with each other. I think any kind of real face to face discussion while learning is important.
Online learning can still be personable. With todays environment all the more crucial to have that human connection when learning remote.
To create a community be part of it. I don't mean that the RESUME does the speaking, but at some point there must be meaningful conversations designated for growth. I am firm believer how can you learn about someone if we don't have two things: a safe environment and time. I think that virtual classroom has both. There is no misunderstanding when opportunities are given to speak freely. Although, the virtual classroom needs to have some rules for those heated topics.
Just like in a regular classroom, the teacher-student relationship is very important for an online platform. Without it, nothing works.
