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Wade Witherspoon
Wade Witherspoon

Contextual Teaching and Learning

This is a very effective way to teach because it engages the student. We all want our learning to be relevant. We want it to mean something to us. We want it to be applicable to a real-life situation. If this is the case, our learning and retention increase dramatically.
Adelia Cooley
Adelia Cooley

Evaluating success

It is some time diffcult to determine students success especially a student that is an introvert
Ted Tsevis
Ted Tsevis

creating their own study guide

Before I start a new topic I have the students answer the bullet points on the overview page and write down the page number where they found their answers. This will ensure that they have opened their books and the page reference is a good study guide.
Benjamin Giffin
Benjamin Giffin

teaching aids

I have found that the use of aides draws interest in a lecture by showing with a subject that is being discuss. Student tend to bring up more questions,do you agree this method is good or does serve as a crutch?
Margarita Santos
Margarita Santos

Nice to know there's a method to my madness

I have luckily received great evaluations from students because of my usage of slides. I always wondered why it was so welcomed, especially since I make my adult learners take a lot of notes from my slides... but thanks to this I know why... they are learning by listening, seeing the slides, and writing my notes... appealing to every type of learner! I think as a word of caution though, reading directly off of them is extremely boring... slides should be used as a guide not as a script.
Sir_Steven Shortridge
Sir_Steven Shortridge

Teaching and motivation of your students

It is important to have experience to aid in your teaching. Otherwise, its just textbook knowledge in theory alone. I use my experience and visual aids to help my students learn better and to help encourage a successful completion of the class.
yaima perez
yaima perez

first day

what I have to do to be relax the first day o the class ?, for me is very hard .
Sir_Steven Shortridge
Sir_Steven Shortridge

Meeting my class on the first day

The first day of class can be stressful, painful and nervousness all around. The best way to break the ice is to get to know each other. I draw a big + [plus] on my board and after introducing myself, I asked each of my students to come to the front of class. They will introduce themselves and write their name and reason for taking the class. I ask them to tell us their expectations as well. In the end, this is a good exercise in networking and breaking the ice. Good deal all around!
yaima perez
yaima perez

developing a planning

I think the better way to orientated your students is developing a good study plan were they can find everything that they need for the class.
yaima perez
yaima perez

motivational

I'am a new instructor and I will like to know what is the best way to motivate the student in the classroom .
LaTonya Davis
LaTonya Davis

Pygmalion effect

This is very true..From the start of the class the students that I think will not do well..don't do well and the students that I believe will be the most successful are...This really makes me think about my perception and attitude towards students!!
LaTonya Davis
LaTonya Davis

BEST WAY TO LEARN

Hands down, in my experience the best way to teach students something is to let them physically try it on their own...Hands on training has worked the best for me.
LaTonya Davis
LaTonya Davis

ATTENTION GETTERS

I always try to put homework assignments on different colored paper, because it not only makes the assignment more noticeable and students are less likely to forget that they have the assignment but pastel colors are also found to be more calming which will be more of a motivation to tackle the assignment and get it done. I think the calming color gives off a non threatining vibe to the project.
LaTonya Davis
LaTonya Davis

GETTING BACK ON TRACK

I have found that group activities can get off track really quick..students will start talking about personal topics and outside of school activities.. Just a quick walk around the room and asking each group if I can answer any questions they may have will usually get them back on track and a reminder of how much time they have left to complete the task does the trick 99% of the time.
Jacqueline Rutledge
Jacqueline Rutledge

montering the class

By getting up and moving around the class room I'm able to keep the class on task.
Rosemarie Lamb
Rosemarie Lamb

New instructor

I am a new instructor at a small, private school of which I am also very recent student. In addition to this being my first class/course and having no prior teaching experience, there is a constant rotation of new students coming into the class. Half of the students are on different chapters of the textbook than the other half of the class. Any suggestions on how to instruct a class of students that are at different areas of the course?
Marjorie Castro
Marjorie Castro

Advice or Tips for a New Instructor

Hi! I am a fairly new instructor. I was just wondering, in your opinion, what is the most important piece of advice you could give a new instructor?
Courtney Delano
Courtney Delano

Teaching to Learning Styles:

This course have so much helpful information, does help me with understanding the different styles to teach my diverse student population.
Courtney Delano
Courtney Delano

Delivering Course Content:

Using all forms in delivering course content are great, but when you run into students who just wanted to stay with one format can, at times' proposed a problem. Some students do great with lecturing, some with hands on and visual. Which are the ones who don't realized that some classes are not hands and the visual is the information on the board. So listening and written are also great ways of learning. Know that I understand the four major categories of learning styles it seems to help a lot.
Sir_Steven Shortridge
Sir_Steven Shortridge

Planning means Avoiding Stress!!

As a season professional teacher dealing with everyday stress we have to constently find answers to problems. So, who wants more stress? Planning helps to lower stress and even eliminates it altogether. Not a bad way to go eh? Think about keeping it. Keep it simple and to the point. Plan ahead to help guide you through your course and you will avoid pitfalls, problems and enrich your student's educational life. Communication is the key to solving all problems. Planning is a solution to the problem.