Students need to learn how to use outside resources but you will need to be their guide

Consistency in grading is important to a successful student experience. Students need to know what is expected of them to earn standard grades, makeup work and extra credit. How can we as teachers self-evaluate on these and hold ourselves to the highest standards?

Using alternate activities to keep students attention when they become unfocused is ideal but ideally we use our most interesting material upfront, so what are some new exciting ideas for activities that can help? Thanks.

Using the power points are new to me so any success stories or examples of classroom use would be appreciated.

Beyond the standard be organized and prepared with content, materials, trips etc, which are expected of each teacher, what are some meaningful ways to show students you are excited and prepared?

Make sure to your course material that needs to be covered. But remember enjoy yourself

A guest speaker is important it gives a different perspective

Students adore lecture, the younger students need technology it is part of their generation but they must be instruted on note taking

Students need to understand the pretest is not intended to seth them up for student but rather help[ guide them to what shoul be studied

All career colleges should have a pretest in placed before students are enrolled in each perspective programs.

Does your school allow you to use social networking as a teaching tool in your classroom? I'm curious to find out how common it is in other institutions. Our school, at the advice of the corporation that owns it, has rules that bar instructors from sending or accepting friend requests from students on, say, FaceBook, citing it as a violation of the school's non-fraternization policy. LinkedIn, however, is allowed. How does it work at your school?

I believe that if your know yourself as well as your strength and weakness, it would help you with confidence you need teach your class.

Students can be rewarded with extra credit when they work hard.

It is important to allow student time to digest what the teacher is speaking about in order for them to continue learning.

Students can appreciate instructional teaching when visuals and lecture work together.

Instructional information and presentation is very important when trying to rely the information to students.

IT IS COMBINATION OF BOOKS,EXPERIENCE AND ONLINE SOURCES.YOU HAVE TO USE VIDEO CLIPS AND REAL TIME SOURCES SO STUDENTS PAY MORE ATTENTION.

I feel sometimes I have trouble keeping some of my students engaged during my lectures. I often use power point presentation to help me stay on track and also to give them a visual. I often expand on what is written on the slide but I often have students that try to write down everything that is on the slide and that I say. What can I do to keep my students engaged and help them to understand the purpose of a lecture.

Hello, I really like the idea of keeping a journal. It's potential value is obvious. And I truly need to improve the efficiency with which I implement lessons learned from class to class and semester to semester. But just as I am optimistic, I am concerned that without some guidance about how to structure the journal, it will inevitably be just another case of disorganized inefficiency. Do you have any favorite guidelines or tips on how to approach the actual mechanism of keeping a journal? Thanks in advance! Stephen

Starting my new classes for the term, I often start by introducing myself along with my credentials and experience. I then ask everyone to introduce themselves and tell the class a little bit about themselves because it gives me a better idea of you is in my class. I also ask students to describe themselves using words, actions or verbal cues. By using this activity I can better undertand what learning types I am dealing with.