It is the perfect opportunity to start creating an image while explaining the boundaries of classroom activities.

I have Lupus and with that comes a certain amount of memory issues, one that really effects me is memorizing peoples names, it is very embarasing at times. I came in at the last 5 weeks of last cemester, was jumped around between both teems, at graduation last week there was only a small handfull of names that I could remember.

On occasion, I have difficulty in keeping students involved and interested in the topic being discussed. I often find that I end up craking jokes and telling personal stories and getting students to contribute their own stories as well. I often bring in games such as jeopardy to engage the students with the content material. I find that playing games with the material where student not only answer questions but create the questions themselves, help them in retaining the information. Many of my students ask me at the beginning of each class which game we will be playing that day. When I started getting this question on a daily basis, I soon realized that I was relying too much on them for engaging students. All in all, games, jokes, and personal stories, I feel, are a great way to help engage students and keep them interested in the course content.

Getting to know the student, would help have better understanding,how to imploment his experance with other students and contribute discussion in class..

Students always have one person that stand out, of the class,that joke around, I like to use that person , for my demos in class , is a plus

My teaching style imspires students to get interested buy drawing on the board , underlining ,the importance how the drawing works in 3d ,and reforce the hands on dearing class, at the same time.

Classroom management has to be established day 1 of class. Once the students understand the importance of the course and structure of the classroom they will be apt to learn.

I teach Critical Thinking in a General Education department at a career oriented institution. My students rank my course, though required, as lower in priority than their others because it is not overtly career targeted. Also the course is 1/2 of the typical credit value. In a way the credit value is proof to my students that my class is worth less. Nearly 40% of their overall grade is based upon attendance. They could sleep in my presesnce and get full credit for attending all 12 weeks. Alas, they don't show and they don't hand in assignments. Any suggestions on how to stress to them that Critical Thinking is a must in life and for their GPA?

In career colleges student behavior is somewhat of an ongoing issue. Behavior is learned throughout life. We as educators have to find a positive way to transform our students by teaching them softskills..

Students drop out of school for multiple reasons. The #1 reason is a fear of success.

The most challenging component in proprietary colleges is being able to engage the students. As educators we have to find a happy medium which incorporates a conducive learning enviornment for our students. Module 1 talks about being able to bring balance between being a subject matter expert and a instructional delivery expert. Our students need to know and understand fully the course content and how it relates to the career path. Once they see the importance classroom control is easier.

Another common mistake that I have heard is for the instructor to tell the call that “we will not be using the assigned text.” This is usually done after the students have invested substantial capital in obtaining the book. This de-motivates students almost as much as telling students that one has never taught the course before.

We all deal with stress,family,friends,work, and commute.Realizing that you are stressed out is another problem. When you become short tempered, not feeling well, patience level is down, tired, irritable all signs. Look for the signs.and try to resolve them

We all have stress, how we deal with it is what this is all about. I agree with these methods as I have used many to help in my reduction of stress. I also have the type of personality that I let alot of stress roll off my back, that in which we can deal with and control you must face. That in which we have little to no control we still have to face but need to as stated in our lesson "prioritize" where they belong in our life or even if they belong in our life. The point being if YOU don't take charge of your life, reduce your stress, it will hurt in the long run. So take charge of you life, it's too short.

Some people are not able to have a strees free life.

I beleive that anyone who really takes pride in what they do or how they are perceived fills stressed out. Some people can manage there stress. I can not!

The best way to save time while grading a quiz is to spend a little extra time in the development of the quiz. Long answers take to much time to read and usually cause the students to stress out.

I find that when I manage my time the way I think it should be, it tends to cause stress to the people around me in and out of the class.

Dealing with others, your stress and thier stress will some times become one big stress issue.

We stress about all kinds of stuff, do we really need to stress?