I have been teaching Massage Theory and Practice for 15 years. We do incorporate some technology into the classroom. I would like to incorporate more, but I'm not sure where to start? It seems like most of the software we use is geared toward the A & P classes. Does anyone have a suggestion for me?

Staying involved with many organizations is very important to keep us on the cutting edge. Most of the instructors at my school all used to be in the field and we all need to keep up with what has changed

I feel that all of the students should use social media, and the instructors should work it into the class, but the instructors should not be on the social media sites that the students are also on. There is a line that could be crossed.

I always try and enguage the students past power points. We have to use them, but I always roll in more interactive ways past the power point because this is what todays student response to

I love involving todays tech. Modt of our students are younger so it helps keep them involved and interested in the course. For the few older ones, it is harder, but once they get the hang of it they also love it

My students introduced me to Prezi and requested it as an alternative to the traditional PowerPoint. I was very excited to amp up the traditional ppts, and I was thrilled with their results!

I have joined groups for Professional Development purposes, however I have come across users who utilize the service for promotional materials rather than spurring discussion or sharing ideas. What are the Best Practices for submitting and subscribing for Professional Development Purposes?

Can you get a virus with a phone app? Is there a Norton Protection for phones?

Active Learning includes getting their hands on it early. One of the things that I like to do is having taken a part engines to see all of the content. Once the student has seen the internals of the engine it make class time go easier and smoother.

Technology is great in the education field, it helps instructors and students to widen their horizons on the subject at hand.

Technology is great in the education field, it helps instructors and students to widen their horizons on the subject at hand.

What are some examples of classroom activities that are presented to adult learner through the learning styles of audio, visual or hands on? I have included these types of techniques which has increased the student interaction within class such as oral powerpoint presentations. In addition, I have given positive feedback and encouragement to the students during their presentations; which is great motivation for them.

One option that I have used in the past is to create a discussion thread thru our student portal by placing a question to discuss. I offer participation reward points for keeping the thread active. Students benefit too by checking in their portal for any new classroom info or any new announcements.

I just signed up to wiki and told my class about it and put up an extra credit assignment and received the work from most of my students including some who sits in the back row. What a great tool to use, providing that the student has access to the internet. Not all students can afford this luxury.

While using these learning tools in the classroom works for most classes. I find that sometimes it can be a challenge when dealing with students who are not interested with doing the work. I like the idea and use it from time to time, but the challenge in my classroom is that I teach cooking and theory and technical points are crucial to success.

Generally, I encourage students to find more outside sources than the Internet--for example, books, newspapers, articles, etc. Mainly because students do not look hard enough into the Net for information-- as one of the slides pointed out, you really have to muddle through the information to find a source that could be considered academic. That said, there are indeed so many valuable resources as far as academic and scholarly type journals that are available on the web. It's finding a way to get that out to students....even though we have "library" day, they still don't seem to utilize that. Any thoughts?

We maintain learner's motivation in our school through a program that include animations, simulations, and drag-and-drop quiz activities.

How do you encourage students to take a more active role in the learning process when they are accustomed to more traditional ways of teaching?

Is the use of the ipad cost effective if given to every student to access for classroom learning?

Since multiple choice exams are the standard for certification in my field I tend to use the text or other sources to create multiple choice based exams nearly to a fault, focus on certification is my motto