Even tho i have been hearing about these learning styles for years now i always forget them. I am a good instructor but if i try and think am I reaching this style or that syle i reach none becuase my focus is not on the class. But every time i read the styles i find out that I am doing what i am supposed to do according to the experts. How can you do this you may ask very easy make the class Fun and if you are not excited about what you are saying neither are the students. Show pictures if applicable have them, hold the item in their hands, relay stories about real life work experience, have a handout that you use and follow, and have projects. Wow this is easy I do all this and in one class so am I effecting all the students, according to the pros I am.

How would you deal with students that think safety is a funny topic?. In my career field ive seen several accidents and a few deaths, I want them to have an understanding of safety without it being a joke, or scaring them. I have found a pretty good system, But a person always has room for another perspective.

When planning to teach a new class there's no substitute for experience. I try to find another instructor with experience in the new course I'm going to teach. A few questions and a few minutes can fill lots of the empty spaces in your planning. How long did this take? What was your approach to this topic? This seems like a long lecture, do you have any suggestions to break things up? It may seem like cheating, but I call it using your head!

I ask a lot of questions during class to keep students involved. However, I know that sometimes I don't use appropriate wait time. I am going to try and pay more attention as to how long I wait for a student’s response before I go to the next student or answer ot myself. I thought this module had some helpful tips.

When I started here one of the established instructors Dan Poor put it best. Here we use a method that is used very effectively in the military and the medical fields. We tell them; we show them and then we let them. All different styles are utilized just not all at the same time. It seems to me that it is up to us on what to use as far as activities to make that happen. Talking to your fellow instructors and your superiors and whatever recourse that you has available is helpful. Always keep searching and never stop trying to improve.

Greetings, I truly enjoy creating and presenting powerpoints to my class. These outlines can help students with various learning styles. There are no time limits so I can stop the presentation to explain.

This was a great refesher. I try to teach professionalism in the class room because of todays standards. I know that "shop talk" is no longer welcome in the work place. Being on time, prompt, clean, and ready to work is very important in todays work place; most employers that I know complain about emplyees not ready to work by 8:00. This will also aply to us the instructors.

I believe that it is critical to understand the level of education the learner has before submitting tests for a curriculum (Diagnostics). For instance, the Community College level freshman year student is often less likely to have the critical writing skills that a credited 4 year degree studnt may have. Thus, it may be impractical to offer more essay type questions to these students.

when i tell students about myself i always let them know that by hearing about my mistakes or something i did the hard way they might be able to avoid some of the thing i went through with my business

I was just wondering when I took instructor training, They told me to share something about myself. It sounded like a good idea to me. The first couple of times I tried that it backfired on me. The students took the little I told them about me and my experiences, and used it against me in a variety of ways. Has this happened to other new teachers as well. And I just quit telling them about my backround. the problem went away.

When a student asks a question I look at what they are asking and doing at the time. I then ask them a question about the subject in a different way to get them thinking on their own. I do this for several questions to see how they answer and then say "When you are out working and have a question think back to me and come up with another question to kick your own thoughts and with this I hope youo find your own answer".

OK it is plain and simple we as educators are actors. We have to keep the attention of the class for the time they are in there. With this we are like actors we are showing them a story so to say. The examples of the delivery are the ones that we should use I had to laugh because going thru this section i saw myself and did not even realize that I was doing things the right way. When applied I feel that these techniques work well. Not much more to add to this other than it works well for me.

Questioning is basic to good communications.

Depending on the topic of the day, I find that my students sometimes have a number of questions on some days and not as much on other days. The important thing to remember is to direct the topic of the day towards their educational goals (whatever they may be) and it will help the learning and questioning process throughout the class.

Is it OK to use multiple question types on a single test?

It takes time and a wealth of experiences in the classroom to effectively use this artform.

Here goes remember the first time you saw someone that you were meeting for the first time. I do and many remember the first time they met me. Why you ask well until I took the postion that i have now i had hair to my waist am covered in tattoos and that is what people see. Now what they do not see is a college educated former business owner of a successful company and a great father (according to my son). But they go by first impression. Now if the first impression scares you off or makes you uncomfortable or uncertain about the person abilities why are you gonna go back. Remember this the next time you get ready to meet a class or person for the very FIRST time.

I use what i call the tree method. I start the lecture or lectures with, what the root of the subject matter is. Then from here I can give examples of it's uses and strenghts and then from this method it can lead into other branches of a particular system or method.

I have had a little bit of stage fright first time in front of a new class for some time. Of late, this has not been much of an issue. I noticed that by having a good plan of attack if you will, when I step into a new course things seem to line up a little better when I explain the course objectives to the students, there seems to be a respect factor there that puts me at ease and we can get on to what's important at hand, and that's their education, not my fears. By doing additional research on the subject matter seems to of helped get the tension between the students and myself out of the way, this has become better for me and the students.

I have daily planners that I have preparred for the courses that I teach. I use these to keep track of time lines and course content. I find that they also help to make sure I have additional time for pass arounds, hands on demo's, and additional Q & A time from the students. Does anyone else use this method? They have worked so well that I have copied them for other instructors and campuses that teach the same material within these courses.