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Luciana Green
Luciana Green

understanding your personality

Understanding your personality is important. It is also important to be able to adjust in situations were personalities may clash.
Alan Dash
Alan Dash

How to keep students on task with their own laptops

How do you guys keep your students on task if you allow them to use their own laptops in class.
KEVIN DU
KEVIN DU

Incorporating Technology in the classroom

Ways to intigrate technology in the course could range from powerpoints, emailing students, haveing class material excessible on line or on the chool student portal to inviting students to text questions or comments to you. this could also include 'You Tubing' a demonstration.
KEVIN DU
KEVIN DU

Efficient

Ultimatley a well compiled lesson plan contributes to you becoming a more efficient instructor and creating a positive learning enviroment.
KEVIN DU
KEVIN DU

lesson planning

It is important to allow time at the beginning and at the end of the class to allow for questions at the beginning and a review at the end of class. because there might not be questions on a topic it is important ot be able to stimulate questions. The class will like it if the class finishes early but they still need to see the value of the time spent in class so finishing too early will always alienate some of the class as they will feel short changed.
Michael Mattingly
Michael Mattingly CHEP

tech integration

I use microsoft office suite and our college's online resource to deliver content
Michael Mattingly
Michael Mattingly CHEP

taxonomy

How does synthesis of the content enable students to retain more of the information?
Michael Mattingly
Michael Mattingly CHEP

outlining the class

what are some ways in which graphics could be used to enhance a syllabus?
Michael Mattingly
Michael Mattingly CHEP

content planning

How does content delivery affect content?
nicole gibson
nicole gibson

re:make up practicals

what are the opinions and experiences with allowing students to do make up practicals
Sarah Teixeira
Sarah Teixeira

Test Review

Test anxiety runs high when a test is approaching. I like to give a test review the day before the test. Most of the time students are surprised at how much information they have actually retained. Following up with words of encouragement helps as well.
Sarah Teixeira
Sarah Teixeira

Different Learning Styles

It is important to remember students have different learning styles. By keeping this in mind you are able to get the focus and concentration needed from every student to help them be successful.
Sarah Teixeira
Sarah Teixeira

Field Trips

Field trips motivate and inspire students to pursue their goals. I take my students to Ross and have them put together an outfit they would wear to an interview. Most of them get excited about putting a professional outfit together because that is where they see themselves headed at the end of their training.
Sarah Teixeira
Sarah Teixeira

Getting Prepared

It is important to be prepared with all material before you begin class. Students will see how well organized you are. This teaches them how important it is to be punctual, neat, and organized when they are working in their chosen field.
Alan Dash
Alan Dash

Lesson plans

Where can I find an example of a finished lesson plan just to compare mine to someone else's ?
Juliana Larson
Juliana Larson

Creating and implementing Soft Skills within the classroom

I am an Instructor for a healthcare related career college. Creating soft skils, and being able to implement them in the healthcare field are vital. We as healhcare providers must exhibit exemplary hygiene, and project a constant sense of professionalism in regard to our patient interaction. As an Instructor, I attempt to instill within my student a need to achieve these skills, so they may also lead by example for fellow healthcare workers, and their own patients.
Georgette Dempster
Georgette Dempster

extra credit

I feel that extra credit should be given to help students who are really trying to learn the subject matter, and are having minor difficulties with it.
joseph adams
joseph adams

creating an evaluation system that works

I frequently give open book or open teacher exams. I start discussions that carry throughout the class on given topics these are a little difficult to control because they can vere off onto other topics and must be steered in the right direction. However I have found that the class is more receptive to rote memory during open discussion.
Georgette Dempster
Georgette Dempster

prep and organization

You must be completely prepared, if you are prepared with the lecture, you will be organized enought to go throught with your class.
joseph adams
joseph adams

Troubleshooting Instructional Strategies

What works well for one student may not work well for another. so I tend to try to explain each subject from different aproaches so that I can encompass more of the learning styles of my students.