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Kimberly Langer
Kimberly Langer

"Online Guest Speakers"

Does anyone have any suggestions for ways to do guest speakers in an online format?
Kimberly Langer
Kimberly Langer

"Alternative Students"

Does anyone have any suggestions for a late assignment policy when it comes to adult learners? I teach for an institution that consists primarily of non-traditional learners and find that the challenges they face are not the same as traditional students. This can include anything from sick children to homelessness. I don't want to discourage them as they are already at risk for dropping out.
Donella Moran
Donella Moran

Older Students

What are some ways to help older to transition into ckassroom with computers
Donella Moran
Donella Moran

Bad Attitudes

What are some ways you deals with students bad attitude in the class rooms
Donella Moran
Donella Moran

Tardiness

Tardiness is a issue that effects the entire class, what should we do wwith the students that are constantly trady?
Donella Moran
Donella Moran

Mistakes Intructor's make

Failing to be alert at all times
Andrea Smetanko
Andrea Smetanko

Students who just want to rebel

Just wanted to get your thoughts on students who just want to constantly push things. I had a student who everyday wore sunglasses in class (which is against our dresscode), I asked him to remove them as well as other faculty/staff making this request. He would, but then he would later put them back on. I felt like I was giving him the attention he wanted by continually asking him to remove them, but at the same time didn't like how he was challenging my authority. Any suggestions on how to handle something like this? Andrea
Austin Umezurike
Austin Umezurike

Paper highlights and APA format

Using grading rubric is an excellent way of making consistent and faster grading of student papers. However,the highlighting or underlining of salient points may even make it easier. The problem with this approach is that it may be inconsistent with APA formatting for schools that require adherence to APA writing
Maria Dosado
Maria Dosado

Inconsistent instructors no better than disobedient students

One of the challenges some instructors face when it comes to imposing general school rules and regulations is inconsistency among themselves. Though they don't mean to critique their fellow educators, they somehow feel concerned because students tend to rebel against them because "they are not like their other instructors." How would you deal with this without creating a conflict with your fellow instructor?
GERMAN VASQUEZ
GERMAN VASQUEZ

instructor mistakes

I think this is a very important subject because as human we make mistakes and we can learn how to be better each day.
GERMAN VASQUEZ
GERMAN VASQUEZ

managing students behavior

This is a very interesting topic and I was learning a lot of how to manage the diference students behavior and the strategies.
GERMAN VASQUEZ
GERMAN VASQUEZ

challenging students

I like this part of the course because we always have diferent groups of students and we are learning how important is to manage them and how we can help them.
GERMAN VASQUEZ
GERMAN VASQUEZ

Class Managment.

It's amazing how you can learn to manage the class in order to help the students and motivate them with the course.
Robert Koeller
Robert Koeller

Instructor Experince

How do I properly introduce myself to my class giving them my credentials without sounding pompous?
Robert Koeller
Robert Koeller

Cheating students

How do you approach a student suspected of cheating?
Robert Koeller
Robert Koeller

What to do about attention seeking students

how do I manage without confrontation attention seeking students?
Robert Koeller
Robert Koeller

How to evaluate student's abilities

How does one assess student's ability from the beginning of class?
Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith

The Friend

First mistake I see, especially from new and young instructors is trying to befriend their students. Respect has to come first, friendship later. Many of my students are roughly the same age as I am. I will use that to help relate to them, but being too friendly is very dangerous.
Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith

Aggressive students

I have found that posture can be a key indicator and key response when dealing with an aggressive student. A non-aggressive or passive stance can deflate a situation rather than meeting aggression with aggression.
Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith

Controlling Center of Attention students

Create notecards, one for each student with their name. Draw from that pile to determine who you call on to answer questions. Establishing that methodology cuts off some of the center of attention guys at the pass, since they can't just blurt stuff out.