I always think safty when wiring should be taught befor, during, and after labs. So when there in the field hopefuly they wont forget.

I like to shake things up by using lecture, powerpoints, movies and other interactive activities.

As a way to ease the tension on the first day of class, I always have the students do icebreaker activities.

Implementing the syllabus online always gives the students access to what will be covered in class.

In class, I like to use a personal experience and lecture on a certain subject to demonstrate real life examples. I feel it keeps the students more intrigued.

I do in class evaluations every week to see where my students are at and how much material they have absorbed.

It is fun to have my students ask each other questons. I get a better response

I feel that visual learners are a little more inteactive if there is some type of hands on activity!

I did glean some helpful information from this some of this section. I like the section that highlighted how to evaluate if teaching is taking place. And how to incorporate with your lecture, a discussion. I have seen that this style of delivery does in deed assist with student information retention. It can be an easy assessment of where students are during the course of the class.

I have found that the paperwork on the first day of class can be very overwhelming to students considering that they have multiple classes. I like to make two packets to give to my students; One packet is the information that they can keep for themselves to review as needed (includes emergency evacuation maps, syllabus, my contact information) and a packet they must review, sign, and return. Being organized and thorough helps to alleviate some of those first day anxieties!

I teach many clinical classes and I have found that the skills I am presenting can monopolize my time with individual students. When this occurs, I have found it most helpful to have on hand additional activities for my students that have mastered the skill and are ready to move on. This way, my students continue to learn and reenforce the skill with additional avenues of learning while not disrupting the rest of the classroom with behaviour born from boredom.

I am currently teaching students who have 20 days and counting until the end of their college career. I have found that the students are excited and frightened to be so close to this deadline. Do any of you have tips to keep them motivated and boost confidence while acknowledging their fears?

As a new instructor, only having a year of teaching experience, I have learned that planning and preparation is not only for the students, but it's for the instructor as well. It helps you to be more organized with your delivery, makes you seem more professional and competent, and it keeps the students busy and occupied for the full length of the class time. It is always best to overplan than underplan because students may finish an assignment or activity much sooner than expected. If this happens, instead of having to think on your toes about what to do/say next, you'll already have another assignment or activity ready for them, or you'll already be prepared to go to the next topic on your course outline.

Keeping up with your student progress,let you know just where your student stands

you can always use your work history. that would be a good basic step to start.

make sure your students have a good understanding of whatis to be expected, in your class

I am a new instructor and the courses I am teaching have pre-existing syllabi already in place. There are a few areas where my personal teaching style and the sylabus disagree, and I'm curious as to what I should do to make them sync up. Should I propose to change the syllabi to accord better with how I would like to teach the courses, or should I change my attitude toward the perscribed syllabi and simply follow them?

Even though I enjoy the classroom the skiils that I teach are based on actualy being able to perform to certain standards. I enjoy the hands on as do most of the students. It is up to them to figure out the best way for them to learn and apply the process. That is what makes it such a challenge. You have to identify what works for each student.

I have done the last 3 mods (5 week courses) a survey at the first day of class, asking what it the best way they learn, is there anything I need to know about them and their learning style or taking test? i.e. learning disability, needing to be put somewhere else where they can read the tests out loud or have someone read it too them

When i am putting together students groups, i find that by keeping a good balance mixed of students realy helps. Byassingning numbers to students this helps to eliminate them grouping with their friends. This now allows the students to learn to interact with someone they might not know or be familiar with , allowing them to share thier experiancess from different backgrounds or cultures.