TRYING TO MEET EVERY LITTLE DETAIL HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT NEXT TIME WILL HAVE A BETTER SENSE AND FEEL OF THE CONTENT

EXCITING. ALWAYS REWARDING TO SEE THE STUDENTS EAGERNESS WITH MEETING NEW INSTRUCTORS. GOT A FEEL REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT STUDENTS AND WHAT THEY EXPECTED.

I HAVE BEEN FINDING IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO GATHER ALL THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITH WORKING A FULL TIME JOB 10 HOURS DAYS ON TOP OF TEACHING PARTIME. HOWEVER,IT HAS BEEN GREAT FEED BACK FROM THE STUDENT WHO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK BEING PUT INTO THEIR STUDIES TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

BEING A NEW INSTRUCTOR, THIS OVERVIEW HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. BROUGHT THINGS TO LIGHT WHEN FEELING A LITTLE OVERWHELMED.

Today because of so many distractions and everything being so fast pace it is so important to bring your students in and motivate them to achieve the necessary outcomes/objectives of the classr. Always present yourself (the teacher) in positive nuturing environment. The way you articulate your voice and the way you represent yourself as professional will make a major impact on you in classroom and with the students in the room. So always be enthusiastic and make sure you speak to your students just as you were publicly speaking to audience. Students will appear happier when you market and present yourself in a positive professional manner always.

The online lesson used an example of a "negasaurus" dinosaur to help control behavior. What other items could be used to control negative behavior or students that have lost interest in the lesson?

Too often I find that when it comes time to start planning for my classes, I am never in the environment that is conducive for me completing the process. Planning the proper setting will maximize how effective your planning will be or is just as important as preparing the lesson plan. Kudos to those of you who can work in a loud environment.

Students attention spans have short fuses. Your goal as an instructor is to be efficient and entertaining. Students need to not only learn the material you are lecturing, but as well must stay focused during your lecture. Finding that balance between the two is the key to delivering a great lecture.

First impressions are everything! Professionalism is the key. The way you walk, talk, dress and present yourself the first day will set the tone for how your students will acknowledge you the rest of the term.

I feel it is important to spend a week at a time devoting one's self to the next week's cirriculum. Study the material and prepare it in a way that the student will not only ontain, but understand. By far the most important aspect to teaching for me is preperation and planning.

Being a new instructor, I feel it is important to have the oppurtunity to observe your peers. The fellow instructors at your facility hold valuable tools and ideas that you as a new instructor can pick up on and possibly use in your teaching style. Everyone should be granted to the chance to watch their co-workers in action and absorb as much knowledge as they can from the expierence. Steve Carnahan II ST P.D.

I enjoyed the part about phrases that increase learning. The facilitator using the words.."This part you will find exciting, This will be easy for you, There are only right answers," is a positive way to get students attention. I will start using this method immediately.

a student with a poor back round in test taking or with some kind of disability can with a little attention and explaintion be able to inprove on their test grades.

life experiences can , if related to the subject of the day, help students understand what the real world is all about. this could be a benifit to someone in the future.

i have my students sit in the room on the first day of class and i than make a seating chart. the table we use seats 3 people and that becomes their team. this has worked very well for many years.

eye contact with your students is very important. by moving your eye contact rom student to student on a continous basis the students seem to fwel like you are talking to them directly. this improves their learning.

A couple of techniques that have worked for students with disabilities in my classes are allowing breaks and extending the time for tests. I am thinking that putting a box around the text might be effective as well, as this module's readings suggest. Some students do test better in a room alone, and I have found that some folks perform better if they are alone and can read the information aloud. That has helped some of my students with reading disabilities in the past.

I usually have a handout that I let my students pair up with. I have them ask questions about each other like tell me something some people may not know about you or if they are married with kids what their goals are, how they decided on this career etc. This really sparks up some good conversations. Then when they turn them into me it gives me a better understanding of who they are. I also ask if they are hands on or a viusal learner which helps me plan my classes better.

Without a doubt, vivid language that allows students to visualize more clearly what we're trying to express during a lecture. I use anecdotes and metaphors whenever possible, because I do believe it makes lectures more memorable for students. This was a good module. It is important to give students a clear sense of where each class is going, and key points need to be repeated and reinforced. I had a teacher once in a history class who thought he was Teddy Roosevelt and jumped up on a table, a la charging up Kettle Hill, and I don't go to that extreme, but I do think students like to see a "personality" in front of the room, rather than a droning lecturer.

I teach online. When I do my powerpoints I use pretty pictures from clip art to enhance the presentation slides. My students seem to specifically like landscape pictures. Sometimes, when what we are learning is complex, I put a "Moment of Peace" slide with a beautiful landscape picture. The students say they like it. This module seems to suggest that an instructor should only use visuals with a relationship to what is being taught. But I teach medical records so the landscapes provide a needed respite. What would you do?