I like to use a grading rubric for assessments. This gives students a foundation to work from. They know how they will be graded and what to expect.

I like to have students make mini crossword puzzles and word searches of vocabulary words. Puzzles reinforce word definitions and word searches reinforce spelling. They enjoy the activities and seem to demonstrate better retention.

I like to use powerpoints accompanied with a lecture outline with lines for note-taking. After a few slides I might perform a quick check by giving a pop quiz on the main points. This keeps students focused when they know there will be an assessment during instruction.

At the end of each class, I like to go over the schedule for the upcoming class session/week with the students. This helps prepare the students ahead of time and clarifies any confusion. It also reinforces the syllabus and lets the students know that we are right on target with meeting the course expectations. It is also a time for me to start thinking about my instructional support needs for class preparation as well.

I absolutely agreed. Power points presentations are a great media to delivery instructional content to the class. I use at the daily basis.

I absolutely agreed. Power points presentations are a great media to delivery instructional content to the class. I use at the daily basis.

This course shows an amazing way for a fair/consistent grading system. It is absolutely helpful, particularly when we have to set up extra-credit activities. Thank you very much for the invaluable input.

Most of the time when we see frustrated students in the classrooms that complaint about the course content, I think it is in part due to lack of information or miss-selection by the time they are enroll in school. Admissions play a critical role into delivering the long-term goals of each program. Unfortunately, students get enrolled in programs without filling out the pre-requisites for the programs. That situation could be problematic later on for the students, instructors, and the school administrators as well.

What are some of the examples that you as an instructor use to assign grading weights to various subject areas?

How many of us have the ability to keep in touch with our students and notice that they have started to disconnect? What are the obvious and common signs of this? (i.e. reaching for their phones, staring at the clock, sighing, rolling their eyes)

What are some interactive examples that can be used in the classroom to engage Students while presenting a Powerpoint lecture? Most of the information that I provide is Powerpoint based. I try at all costs to avoid being a Statue Instructor by asking questions from my Students to engage them and to bring them into the fold of learning and participating while providing them with a powerpoint lecture. I would like to know how and what other instructors use to enhance the learning environment while using Powerpoint.

I wonder how many of us educators can honestly see ourselves in one or more of the categories as stated in the beginning of the information provided? I can personally see myself in more than one category. But I realize it is a generalized overview of teaching styles. Which category do you see your self in? How can you change and adapt your style to become a more effective teacher? What can you sustain and maintain about your style that works?

This brings up a good point. I believe that you can develop a bettter relationship with the students if you know where they are coming from. I was a student of the campus where I'm teaching right now. I find this to work to my advantage, because I can relate to my students and they find me approachable.

Sliding window of time, prioritizing on-the-fly which is more important can help with time management. Constant reading of how the students are reacting to classroom activities or responding to questions during the presentation can confirm if students are understanding the material and went to move on to the next facet of the subject or a new subject.

Lession plans help to keep the day's lession on track. Having taught my classes for so many years makes the necessity of a lession plan for me not particularly important. But, the plan is NOT just for me. My supervisor, my administration, my students and most importantly - my substitute, when needed - have an absolute need for my day's plan. Including not only what I intend to cover, but why the material is being covered, helps to keep everything relevant, and everybody on track.

I think that is very important to highlight for students what constitutes content, fact, information. And provide a measurable standard of performance. In my case, in technical college, it provides a measurable guideline to determine satisfactory performance. Students learn to see what are the basic, and the possible outcomes of their performance

Informal assessment should take place in the classroom on a regular basis. This includes evaluation of students as they interact with their peers, we can ask questions to make sure the students are student are retaining and understanding the information that we are sharing with them. I have found that incoroporating activities in segements of my lectures not only make the class more exciting but it also helps the studnet to become activitely invovled in their learning experience. Vernise

What I find to be very helpful(but very time consuming) is I put together a study guide based off of the test that is going to be given. I will re-word the test question, answer that is on the test will be in the question on the study guide and the question that is on the test is the answer on the study guide. I have found that it is another great tool to help the student study and to retain the information because it is presented to them in another format.

Taxonomy according to Bloom expands the framework of knowledge and cognitve process. There are four types of knowledge: Factual- basic elements that students must know Conceptual knowledge- interreltionship among basic elements within larger stuctures which allows them to work together. Procedural- refers to how to do things and the methods and steps that it takes to complete a task Metacognitive- knowing what you know. Taxonomy learning helps with writing a lesson plan, objective and clarifying what students should be able to know once the lesson is complete. Vernise

Lesson plans can be very helpful and is a necessary part of preparing a a well sturctured course that will not only fulfil the students educational needs but also meet the standards, objectives, rationale, procedures and assessments strategies of the course and college requirements. Vernise