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Jane Davis

Using Life Experiences in the Classroom

Giving examples or telling stories can help bring relevance to a subject. Sometimes I also use it to make them laugh- I share my failures so they aren't so hard on themselves.

Jane Davis

Helping Students with Reading Challenges

try to have student idenitfy words by assioation

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.

Helping Students with Reading Challenges

What are some ways you can help students with reading deficiencies?

Jeffrey Nelson

small group presentation

Found that the is less of high risk with foreign students, they seem to participate more in this type of setting.

Jane Davis

Positive Outcomes

"Two heads are better than one". I find that if I group students together they help each other remember. During a lecture or demonstration each person remembers intricate details of maybe 70% of what I 'm showing (I teach special effects makeup). When they do the hands-on segment, they combine their knowledge and it helps them 'remember' all the steps. It makes their learning more active.

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.

Positive Outcomes

What are some of the positive outcomes of putting students into learning groups?

Jane Davis

Challenges of Using Students Groups

Some of the challenges that I have seen are: the dislike of certain members of the group; some of the members thinking that their work is not needed, so they will put less effort into the group; lazy members that expect others to do their share of the work, and still expect to get full credit; and certain members that will do all of the work and submit the work when others have not put in their share. These are some of challenges that I have seen with group work.

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.

Challenges of Using Students Groups

What are some challenges of having students work in groups?

Jane Davis

Keeping Student Groups on Course

When students get in groups you have some students who want to get off task, they want to talk about everything except their project. As a instructor it is my job to keep them on task. I may just stand there to see if they get back on task if, not I would remind them of why they are in groups and they are being graded on the project.

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.

Keeping Student Groups on Course

What strategies help to ensure student groups will stay on course and be productive?

Jane Davis

Organizing Students into Groups

I always choose the group. If you don't, friends end up working together and the dynamic of one helping the other is often the case. They will also exclude someone they don't care for. I usually count off determined by how many groups.

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.

Organizing Students into Groups

What are some ways to organize students into work groups?

Jane Davis

Evaluating Individual Effort While Working with a Group

Students are evaluated as individuals when performing MA challenges, as well, when they have a project that is due at the end of each Mod. They are given a point system.

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.

Evaluating Individual Effort While Working with a Group

How do you evaluate individual members of student groups?

Jane Davis

Identifying Important Communication Skills

One of the most important communication skills in the IT field is spelling and grammar. In our industry, there is a lot of email communication with customers and it is very important to be able to express issues in a non-threatening, easy-to-understand manner.

Jane Davis

Improving Your Communication Skills

Jane, Fidgeting. Even as an experienced instructor I find myself fidgeting. I have the old pen snapping symdrome. The why is obvivous. It is annoying. I know it is distracting. Mark

Jane Davis

Using Memorable Examples

Students will remember a story before they remember a stated fact. When you compare a difficult concept with something the student already knows it starts to sink in and that is when you see the light bulbs go off.

Jane Davis

Locating Yourself in the Classroom

Moving around in the classroom helps you to connect with each student on an individual basis. Also, this makes it more comfortable for certain students to ask questions to the instructor, if the instructor is nearby.

Jane Davis

Maintaining Eye Contact

"Looking someone in the eye" helps develop repore with them. It is a method of including them, engaging them in what you are doing. Maintaining eye contact helps you to read their interest, their emotion, their agreement or disagreement, their understanding. It helps me pace my lecture also.

Ryan Meers, Ph.D.