What technique's are best used with classroom disruption? One on one conference with student and follow- up meeting.

Attention span in an adult from 15-18 is mostly accurate. When you present a presentation keep in mind the lights is dim, the focus on how many slides should be limited (10-15)to avoid confusion, not focused on the subject.

Very important to be early and meet with your new class and give detail report about your education so they can gain assurance and willing to have an open mind to be successful in the program. Give examples and relate to the students.

Especially since I only see them once a week.

Once the student recieves the syllabus, which allows the student to review all contents and guidelines for the couse will give them accountability to understand what is expected from the student. It must be presented on the first day and continue throughtout the course.

When a student has many obstacles in their life and want to make the change to become a great student.

Encouragement and connectivity to the meaning of the content in relation to prior knowledge will encourage brain connections and relationships that will in turn foster storage in the brains long term memory.

How often do we as instructors enter the classroom and engage, or believe we are engaging, students with the wonderfully prepared lesson we are anxious to present without guaging whether our learners are ready to learn. Determining the state of the classroom and making necessary adjustments prior to beginning the lesson is essential to its' success. If a student is still mentally engaged with baggage they brought into the room they are most likely not engaged with the instructor. We have have to creatively and critically assess what we might do to create an engaging learning environment.

The best possible lighting we can offer our students is daylighting. Is energizes, has blue in it's spectrum in the main part of the day and energizes. The color temperature of the light sources, when showing videos and presentations, can be varied so the classroom doesn't seem fit for sleeping. This can be accomplished by bringing in some inexpensive lamps from a discount store and placing them in the back of the room. The halo effect works well and the screen is clearly visible. Don't be afraid to use colored bulbs for that "gone to the movie" experience for students.

I have found guiding students and making myself emotionally available by explaining what it was like for me to be a student helps them feel more comfortable and open up the classroom for discussion that is genuine and engaging. The days of instructors pointing to a student for whatever reason to make them a focus in the general classroom are as antiquated as "stand and deliver" methodologies for instruction. It is true that students "don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."

How do you support your fellow faculty and new instructors at your institution? I am finding institutions vary in the development of support for new faculty. I think once I get more experience, I will make an effort to extend my hand to new istructors and attempt to offer advice to ensure their success. This career is already challenging enough without the added stress of learning a new culture.

I found the fact that adults have an attention span of 15-18 minutes to be very interesting. I think I would enjoy breaking my lectures up into 20 minute sections. Maybe doing a question/answer section every 20 minutes or throwing an activity in there every 20 min. I think this will greatly help especially when you are teaching a class that is 4 hours long.

I find it very difficult to fit in introductions on day one especially with the amount lecture and chapters that need to be covered. I tend to cover the syllabus, go over rules, etc. then jump right into lecture. I will try to set aside more time on day one to implement some "get to know you" time.

I really liked the suggestion to keep a notebook handy to write down any questions and/or tasks I need to answer/do so that I am sure to remain on task. I will have to start doing this. With teaching well over 100 students it is hard to remember who needs what.

I find it VERY important to continue to work in the field as well as teach. I am better able to share experiences with the students, keep myself up to date on techniques and changes in the medical field and am able to better explain the importance of education to my students. I am more comfortable with subject material and have more confidence as an instructor. I don't just talk the talk, I walk the walk.

How do you deal with students who have no real ability to "want" to learn - they simply wish it to be handed to them on a silver platter? How do you deal with students of lower socioeconomic lifestyle such as the ones I deal with on a daily basis? I have students that really apply themselves & do great but then I have students who are "hit & miss" - sometimes they do good & other times they don't? And when they don't - then Im made to look like the bad person in all of this....

In delivering technology based courses where most tech subject matter answers are yes or no. Is opened ended questions technique better than closed ended questions or both methods are still valid for technology based courses?

Is there a prepackaged questions to gather what student's preferred learning choice would be? I would like to gather all information before delivering course contents to all senses so that you know each individual students learning styles.

I would like to just make a small note. I love questions and answer sessions in class. I use many of the tech. talked about in this lesson. I just wanted to mention that I never stop with questions and answers. All my studets know anytime my office door is open they can have a question and answer session with me. I am willing to put aside what ever I'm working on to help the student. If I can not offer my time then I just shut my door. My door is open about 99.9% of my day to students. The point I'm trying to make is that I think teachers should be accessible to students as much as they can be.

In my opnion it is so important to find out from the start what type of learning styles make up your new class. I ask them to write down what style they think is best suited to their learning style. This helps me make sure I hit the different areas harder if need be.