Explaining, giving 15 minute lecture, and demonstrating hands on.

Talk to your students a little bit about yourself and your background experience. Ask your students to say their names individually.

I respect my students point of view, and opinions and I also use my personal experience.

make a list of all the materials you will need for the class.

I always think safty when wiring should be taught befor, during, and after labs. So when there in the field hopefuly they wont forget.

I like to shake things up by using lecture, powerpoints, movies and other interactive activities.

As a way to ease the tension on the first day of class, I always have the students do icebreaker activities.

Implementing the syllabus online always gives the students access to what will be covered in class.

In class, I like to use a personal experience and lecture on a certain subject to demonstrate real life examples. I feel it keeps the students more intrigued.

I do in class evaluations every week to see where my students are at and how much material they have absorbed.

It is fun to have my students ask each other questons. I get a better response

I feel that visual learners are a little more inteactive if there is some type of hands on activity!

I did glean some helpful information from this some of this section. I like the section that highlighted how to evaluate if teaching is taking place. And how to incorporate with your lecture, a discussion. I have seen that this style of delivery does in deed assist with student information retention. It can be an easy assessment of where students are during the course of the class.

I have found that the paperwork on the first day of class can be very overwhelming to students considering that they have multiple classes. I like to make two packets to give to my students; One packet is the information that they can keep for themselves to review as needed (includes emergency evacuation maps, syllabus, my contact information) and a packet they must review, sign, and return. Being organized and thorough helps to alleviate some of those first day anxieties!

I teach many clinical classes and I have found that the skills I am presenting can monopolize my time with individual students. When this occurs, I have found it most helpful to have on hand additional activities for my students that have mastered the skill and are ready to move on. This way, my students continue to learn and reenforce the skill with additional avenues of learning while not disrupting the rest of the classroom with behaviour born from boredom.

I am currently teaching students who have 20 days and counting until the end of their college career. I have found that the students are excited and frightened to be so close to this deadline. Do any of you have tips to keep them motivated and boost confidence while acknowledging their fears?

As a new instructor, only having a year of teaching experience, I have learned that planning and preparation is not only for the students, but it's for the instructor as well. It helps you to be more organized with your delivery, makes you seem more professional and competent, and it keeps the students busy and occupied for the full length of the class time. It is always best to overplan than underplan because students may finish an assignment or activity much sooner than expected. If this happens, instead of having to think on your toes about what to do/say next, you'll already have another assignment or activity ready for them, or you'll already be prepared to go to the next topic on your course outline.

Keeping up with your student progress,let you know just where your student stands

you can always use your work history. that would be a good basic step to start.

make sure your students have a good understanding of whatis to be expected, in your class