When you look back it is easy to see who were the prepared teachers and who were not in ones past. Another great comparison is the difference in what you learned in each situation

When teaching certain topics, I have on more than one occasion had to make an abrupt change of the lesson plan. In a communications class, I realized that the students were getting bored of repetition, and I had to borrow some material from another lesson to make the topic of the day a little bit more interesting. This worked for me and I have since done it again.

I think there is great value in having guest lecturers in your classroom! Invite a colleague (we have the ultrasound instructor give a lecture to our students during their diagnostic imaging course, and the cardiovascular instructor or advanced CV students teach EKGs, and the dental hygiene folks give a demo on dental rads) or local professional or former student or industry rep to give a guest lecture! Your students will get new perspectives, make connections in their field, see different options of jobs w/in their field and they enjoy the novelty of having somebody new speaking to them. Plus, you'll enjoy the vocal rest... :)

A rubric grading format is a great way to assess a students preformance in a clear and fair way.

A lesson plan is a great tool in the flow of a class period. It may not always follow the time scheme, but it keeps you on track.

I think that additional resources (current) are a great tool to engage students into learning outside of the text. I feel that students get caught up in thinking that their text is only resource that is available to them.

Students see instructors as though we know everything and we are always right. I let the students know when I am wrong, it's my way of saying that I am human too.

I try to deliver what I want the student to learn in a positive and learning way. In a way that the student will understand me. I try to make it as clear as possible.

I make it a priority to always be, first of all on time to class/clinic, and definitely being prepared.

Creating a test review help the students to be prepared.

I think that we need to use differents mthods for course delivery content.

I think that is very important to select instructional media for the class.

I allways organized my class and materials i advance that way all is prepared.

I would like to know everyone opinion on retake exams. Because I would like to issue re-takes and give the student a chance to improved their study skills.

What will be the best way to test a student skill level after they have been placed in your class? That way you can give the student the best chance of passing the subject.

It is the feedback for me. It tells me if my student have recieved and I have delivered the material. My tests are also part of my teaching strtegy. When student are fresh at their errors, it is imparative to go over the tested material. This provides a better association and learning from the mistakes. Waiting for the next visit may be too late. Learning from our mistakes creates a window of learning opportunity which is often overlooked in my view.

Knowlege of the standards of the field is highly essential in creating the foundation of learning. I always assess the basic knowledge in my students before going further. Only then, the students and I, together will step into a higher level of abstract and conceptual learning.

I allow late work, using a penalty to reduce their grade. But in talking to some of my colleagues, I've noticed that some of them do not allow late submissions at all. Is this a reasonable approach, and if so, what are the positives and negatives?

I modularize my in-class assignments based on subjects covered. If a class runs long and we aren't able to cover a subject, I can push it to next week and simply push that module from the current assignment to the one coming up next week. This works really well because it means that I can adjust the length of my modules across sessions. In other words, if I don't want to shorten this week's lesson, I don't have to, because I can make changes to next week's lesson. This is also easier because I can give some thought to next week's lesson outside of the classroom, which means the adjustment will be better (or at least better-planned).

I thought this was an interesting point from the presentation. I think it's easy to forget that the students work all day and can get bored even with fairly interesting material. Anything you can do to wake them up and refocus them on the material is useful. I do use slides when I feel like I have to, but one of the best pieces of advice I ever got from a dean was to ditch my slides in a knowledge-heavy class. I used the white board, handouts for key technical items, and demonstrations whenever possible. Made a big difference in the excitement level of the classroom and hopefully improved learning.