My design school has 5 hour class times. I use the first 30 minutes to introduce a subject and have discussion about it. Then the rest of class time is for students to work on projects. I find it works best so students can get projects done during class time.

Its great to share my experiences with students to help give them ideas about the specific things they will encounter in their desired career choice.

The different colors of paper can really add to the student experience. It is a change of pace and emphasizes the material

I have found that my adult students seem to be able to help me sometimes with the computer, I let them teach me.

We have forms that allow us to evaluate each students progress. By doing this I always know when a student is in need of help.

I always write important information on the board along with name date objectives. I find that adding an essential question daily about the prior lesson seems to keep my students refreshed with yestedays material.

I have been teaching for about 3years and I have been moved around my division and I seek help from my co workers. I also use a test generator that helps me save some time.

I believe that support marterials, notes, and assessments are "the back bones" of any course's content. Without those elements, I believe the class cannot run effectively and so, extra attention should be given to them when they are been developed.

I believe that standards along with objectives are key to help teachers stay on task and give students an idea of what is expected from them.

I beleive that it really important for a teacher to have an overview of the course's content; so he or she can make adjustements as needed.

I think it's only fair for students that lesson plans are put in place by the teacher; so that the class runs smoothly and student are able to learn in an organized way.

When I develop an evaluation sheet for my students. This allows me the opportunity to see if my students understand the content of what I'm teaching. It's a bit of a grading system on my deliverance of the material. My goal is to always make sure my student both understand and comprehend the material. This so that they can use it in their everyday life or work setting. Very good information... carmen p

THIS WAS FANTASTIC! YES! I have had many situations where students have are: a little Restless or I didn't plan enough time for the whole Program class and they get bored. Or the Assignment was too difficult. This has given me so much information and material to look into to resolve some of these issues in my class planning. WOW! AWESOME! AGAIN Best Training yet... I really needed this course... Thank you

Hi: I find that I have to use a variety of different methods in the courses I teach. Because, I have a variety of learners in my classes I don't want to loose anyone. So, I try to encompass PP, Flip Charts, White Board and some movies that are appropriate for the course. I find this captures just about everybody. it has been very successful. I did learn something about PP I utilize the PP that comes with the books. It's helpful but, I find a bit MONDANE... I learned that I can kind of make it my own... and I will :) Thank you very helpful training... very helpful Carmen P

I look forward to coming up with new and exciting new things to get my students motivated. I usually spend some time researching new ideas to get my students excited! about the course. I make sure my lesson plan, syllabus and copies are all ready before class.

Covering the objectives before the lecture and connecting it to why it is important to their industry, usually eliminates questions as to why they are completing a certain task. It also increase interest in the objectives.

I recently gave my students a totally extra credit assignment to design and to build a "fox-hole radio". It was more of a fun assignment. There was no punishment for not completing the extra credit. What happend was really interesting to me. I have a small class; but, two of my students made this a family project. They got their sons and daughters involved in the research and the building of the radio. Both people brought their radios in and the rest of the class participated in trying to make them work. It turned into a fun team building exercise; not only for the students, but for their families too. Personally, I thought that was cool. Oh, the way I set it up was credit for the design and credit for the build. Based on my reading of this course, was I wrong to assign this? I used the results for borderline cases - I wanted to see their desire. Instead, I saw family and our student body involvement. Although not directly related to our subject, it did apply. Again, the idea was to show innovative thinking and making it apply. Did I do wrong with this assignment? I think getting the family involved with their "significant others" participating in their class was worth it alone. thanks, jay

I've found that using material that the student should have learned in their previous subject provides some great insight. First, it shows the relavency of what they have learned and how it applies directly to the new material. It also provides the "pre-test" recommendation by seeing how well they understood the pevious material or see if they have learned how to use the material. One recent example was the use of a simple resistor/capacitor network to make a delay timer. We needed a delay timer for an access delay however, we had no delay timers available for the class. We made it an in-class assignment and got the opportunity to show how a RC ciruit can be used in the real world to solve a real world problem that they will encounter often. If also demonstrated their ability regarding the circuits course they recently completed. It provided a good basis for the level of training that I needed to start with. I quickly learned that Eisnstein's relativity theory was not the place to start; but, rather an understanding of energy was more appropriate (just an outlandish example in this case). But, the idea is the same. Comments?

Every time I teach the same class I always review previous notes, tests, discussion questions, power point presentations and visual aids. I always learn something new, either from my own studies or those of the students. With time I have been able to spot those students that need additional encouragement, or projects to make them feel as though they are part of the class.

Every student needs to know how they can measure their performance in class. By setting measurable standards they, the student, can be aware where they rank in the class and know what areas need to be improved upon. I understand the purpose of standards; however, my curriculum doesn’t have such requirements.