word banks help students when covering material to refer against when covering new material and relation to word meanings.

The statistics given in this part of the module I found really helpful. I like to share such concrete facts with my students when relevant. One statistic I would love to learn is the estimated number of vocabulary words the average person actually uses in day to day life.

I could really use some specific suggestions about how to give students "kinesthetic" exercises to help them learn reading and writing skills. Obviously, teaching a cooking class or auto mechanics provides plenty of "hands-on" opportunities, but what about teaching English composition?

I find many text books' test bank questions poorly written. I often wish the publishers would employ individuals who specialize in developing good test items to assess an individual's knowledge to write these. As instructors, we often do not have a choice in the text that is chosen for the courses we teach. In my career college situation, instructors have little prep time and rely on those test banks. Unless and instructor has taken a college level course on developing test items, students often get poorly constructed evaluation tools.

What are the instructional benefits of knowing the learning styles of your students? How can this knowledge be used to help you be a more effective instructor? The benefits would be that by having a mixture of learning styles, you are able to teach every student and how they learn. Some students may have learning styles that overlap, so by having different styles you are helping them learn in more ways than one. The knowledge can be used to motivate an instructor to develop new course content intiatives. It also helps to keep you on your toes and keeps you interested in your course.

having good strategies help your students learn better because the assignment may be hard but they have the right concept to learn and so they will be able to lean better and understand the hard concepts.

1st impression is important cause it will give your students an opinion about you most of the year!

create a good learning enviroment so that the students can focus.

be a great role model! learn to motivate your students and get them to work!

I feel that with library instruction handouts only provide possible ideas of resources for students to use. However, I really try to encourage them to realize that all of the information they need to do successful research is available via the library's website 24/7! We have research guides, databases, how to study, how to do research papers, how to cite a paper. Then, of course, I encourage students to ask questions. There isn't a STUPID question! Librarians can assist students in cutting research time down and becoming more successful.

I found this a very helpful idea. Powerpoints tend to be the outlines of the 21st century. However, I find that students really get bored with them. So, instead, I use Powerpoints to outline my presentations and then I give live presentations for my library instructions, trying to get students involved in the discussions as much as possible.

by working with your students and keeping them on task, you really cover the monitor the students aspect and the student does not realize it due to they are focused on learning and stay interested.

i find that within introductions the class has a fun time doing two truths and a lie. as we take turns introducing ourselves and people are trying to guess the lies there is a lot of laughter and people seem very at ease.

One thing that I have noticed is that there is a fine line that we straddle when we establish collaborative space in a classroom. Finding the balancing point between a static learning environment, where students are intimidated to speak, and a space that students feel TOO comfortable in. One way to get a feeling for what students relate to in a classroom is to pay attention to where they congregate to work and how they interact with each other and their environment. Since I teach computer based courses it is a challenge to see how students can interact when they are hidden by computers. With labs that are laid out to be cost effective we as instructors need to make them learning effective. Watching students outside of class where and how they sit and interact can give guidance to how to make the classroom more effective. This also can give a hint as to how to avoid pitfalls when a student group has appropriated a classroom space where they feel they are in control to avoid classroom management issues.

Imagine youself in the student's shoes and remember what it was like. It will assist you in being a better instructor with more empathy.

I am looking for ideas on how to encourage attendance in class, besides having quizzes or assignments. I feel that I am doing my best to make the classes as interesting as possible, but I still have students who are skipping a lot of class. Other than giving graded assignments or quizzes during class, what methods have you used to encourage attendance?

Our tests are given to us, so we have little input. We do have the ability to offer corrections or point out confusing questions to get them reviewed however.

keep yourself from being a podium potato and move around to keep attention and interest of the class

When learning objectives were presented under Choosing the Right Activities, one of the rules was to use action verbs. While the examples did contain an action verb, most of them were preceeded by a linking verb phrase. "Be able to" and "Have the ability to" make the objectives passive and don't add any additional meaning. Deleting phrases like these puts the emphasis on the action verb contained in the objective. I'll reiterate one of the objectives to illustrate my point. "The student will be able to use Microsoft Project to document and track their projects" becomes: "The student will use Micorsoft Project to document and track their projects." The rewrite is more direct and to the point. It provides very clear guidance and is written in active voice.

Learning disabilities: Students with learning disabilities (from what I found) need more time because they want to understand more than what is presented to them. The student will take the information given to them and dissect it into many different pieces of information.