It's been a long time since I have been a classroom and I'm seeing in my first module that I needed a refresher training.

A soothing color on the walls can make a difference for the student's learning. I like to have my classroom a soothing blue to put them in a relaxed state.

I am starting my first class on Monday. Any good techniques to successfully captivate the students on their first day

As was brought up by the moderator and participants (in another discussion in this forum), too often online learning ignores some of the learning styles and multiple intelligences of its students. One could argue that even this course in which we are all participating could apply to even more of them than it does(although the thinking breaks, quizzes, and good ol' Max Knowlton do mix it up from time to time). So how could we get online learning to work for the kinesthetic learner? For the auditory learner? For the emotionally intelligent? For the existentially intelligent? And so on... In short, how can we revolutionize online learning to apply to all learning styles and intelligences?

I teach psychology, and I'm curious if anyone has any effective techniques for relaying difficult concepts, models, and theories, which can be quite abstract, in a fashion that suits a kinesthetic learning style? In other words, how can we translate the abstract to the concrete and make the learning process suit this type of learner?

This is a seriously fantastic book with tons of strategies. I have used multiple strategies with much success in my room, even when I thought, this will never work (I'm teaching adults and the book is geared toward K-12), many of them did work! I would encourage anyone with an interest in improving their teaching to pick up a copy! I got mine on my e-reader so I have it handy.

Instructors should always be prepared on their first day of class. Know their material and have the classroom ready to go. As student start coming in the classroom, instructors can make a personality assessment as the students enter the classroom. This has worked for me.

There is a distinct difference in the structure of an on ground class with that of an online class. The virtual setting has no walls, tables or chairs. Online, the structure is created by being on time and constantly delivering information that is related to the subject.

The best way to test is to include a varriety of questions, because everyone has there way of testing

Get students invoved by introducing subjects that pertain to real life. Also apply real life experience

It helps all the students interact with each other we all can learn from everybody, and it helps them for the real world.

As you move around the room it keeps the students involved.

PREPARE NOTECARD'S,TO COVER POINT'S,EXAMPLES,AND ACTIVITIES.PREPARE SUMMARY SHEET'S,AND SETTING UP POWER POINT PRESENTATION.ALSO SET UP MINI-LECTURES,10 TO 15 MINUTES

INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE STUDENT'S AS THEY COME IN THE DOOR. THIS BREAK'S THE ICE, AND CALM'S STUDENT'S NERVE'S

PLANNING AND PREPARATION IS A NECESSITY FOR TEACHING SKILL'S .IF YOU'RE PREPARED FOR CLASS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER THE STUDENT'S FEEL THAT YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT YOUR ARE DOING AS A INSTRUCTOR

HAVING A GOOD SYLLABUS TO INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS,BY SHOWING THEM WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM THEM THROUGH THE COURSE IS A GOOD ESTABLISHMENT. AND RECOMENDED

What if you follow all the rules: be professional, be prepared, and be engaging, and students sill don't respect or listen? Has this ever happened to anyone?

Helping students with disabilities is important. A few months ago, I had a student who was great hands on (with his skills) however, he bomb test. I took a look at two of his test, and realized that the student did well up to question #20 and there after not well. I spoke to the student, He stated, Ms. A. I don't know what's wrong. I encouraged he to go and see a doctor. In the interim, I decided from that point on, I will have the student take the test in two increments. This idea worked well. The student score went from 45's to high 90's. He was grateful and later diagnosed with a learning disability. By breaking up the test into several increments aid the success of the students with disability. Good luck!!

Lately in my classroom, I have found a handful of students with reading deficiency and limited vocabulary. I help my students breakdown the words annunciation. Then we work on the prefixes, suffixes and context clues in the sentences. THen have them repeat the word and meaning to mean. They are also aware that the word may be on a pop quiz.

A modulars ago, I assigned group projects to students. Everyone worked well together except one group. There were two slackers. Ironically, these two slackers had the same issue with another instructor prior to coming to my class but yet, they chose to work together again. One the day when the project was due, I had each person from each group grade their fellow classmates. To my surprise, they were all fare. As for the slackers, first student did not come to school. that student received a zero. The second student, stayed in the LRC all class section to make up project. The second student not only was marked absent, also got 60% for the project. It was late, unorganized, errors and so forth. As a result, I decided to use this individual assessment form for group projects. It works well and the feedback is great.