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Leanring Styles

I will incorporate the differetn learnign styles into the classroom this term, by addign more pictures for my vusial learners, more music for my auditory learers, and allow the student to make connectstions

Action Plan

I plan on implementing these ideas in my next medical terminology class.

In class Portfolio of clinical hands on skills

I like the idea of showing the students a completed portfolio of hands on skills that they can use on interviews and can add skills to it on their externships. It can be time consuming to get it started but the dividends of providing a good example of what a clinical portfolio looks like and how to present their clinical skills in a clear and concise matter is priceless. 

Didactic Classroom

I am seeking effective didactic activities to enhance and breakup tedious didactic lecture for nursing.

ED310

I plan to use some of the strategies from this lesson. My favorite one will be Charades! 

My Action Plan

I plan to use the "learning style" question to quickly assess my learners. I also plan to incorporate more differing styles to make sure I am reaching all of my students. 

Great online learning resource place

A great sourcer of online education thats offered online for free that you can give to your students is http://www.khanacademy.com

Med Term fun learning

Learning fun ways to teach a tough topic was definitely interesting. I am looking forward to sharing many of these fun classroom activities with my students.

Assessment in Your Classroom

There are countless options for digital assessment and evaluation tools, but not all

choices are appropriate for the measurement of every learning outcome. This course is

designed to help you understand your choices and help you select and implement the

best digital assessment and evaluation options for you and your students.

Planning for learning styles

I find it easier to start with learning styles advice from the beginning. In the first class session I give a presentation on how to study Anatomy based on what learning style the student has. (They have already taken an assessment to determine that.) I offer class activities that appeal to each style. Some are required, but some are "smorgasbord" style, so that they can choose the one that helps them the most. This preempts many students from getting overwhelmed and lost by the fifth week of classes, which is what used to happen before I instituted this at the… >>>