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Technology can be useful because it can be applied in such a way that students improve efficiency and gain support. However, I have also seen that technology can be a great hurdle to those that are not as skilled.
Effective teamwork requires clear communication, mutual respect, accountability, and a willingness to consider different perspectives.
Students need to understand how critical thinking is part of the process where you have to question the information, gather evidence, and look at it from different points of view before reaching a conclusion.
Mnemonics are super helpful, I use them all time so it's helpful for the students. However, it's important to highlight that it's just a tool and that they need to understand the concept.
For us to effectively help students stay engaged and retain information, it’s important to present content during a class in manageable chunks rather than overwhelming them with everything at once.
The multiple intelligences concept is fascinating as we have to consider designing lessons that reach all students, not just those who excel in traditional linguistic or logical ways.
Because our short term memory cannot handle a lot of information, we need to break things down into smaller ideas to be more digestible.
It's important to prepare for classes and show enthusiasm for the subject that we're teaching so that students ar emore enganged
It's important to keep students engaged through the use of different strategies.
It's important to build a fun learning environment for the students, so you can choose to be silly for a few minutes to get students to have fun.
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