Caren Ramirez

I learned some new methods for dealing with stress, anxiety, or both. I will implement many into my life including; keeping a journal, getting regular sleep, avoiding excess caffeine, and reaching out to family and friends. 

I learned that mindfulness affects your physical and mental health. I will practice being more mindful by paying full attention to things rather than always multitasking. Just really paying attention and taking the time to slow down and focus. 

In this module, I learned that there are many coping mechanisms. I learned that we tend to prefer some coping mechanisms over others and use them for every life challenge. However not all life issues should be dealt with in the same manner.  

I learned a lot of new methods to dealing with stress, and the importance of handling acute stress before it becomes chronic stress. I learned and will implement PMR and i will start considering where to make improvements in my life.  

I learned how to handle students who are bad procrastinators. Being a procrastinator as well it was interesting to learn that we can help students by 1.) Informing them of their upcoming deadlines, and 2.) sending progress reports. I will use these tips in the future to help motivate students to complete their work ina timely manner. 

Feedback is important in order to encourage participation, confidence, and motivation. Also providing constructive criticism when needed. I will apply this to my students by providing more feedback whether constructive or not. 

I learned that students perform better in their academics when 1.) you are able to maintain your presence from a distance, 2.) you are able to maintain your authority from a distance, and 3.) you establish a relationship with each learner.

So far in this course, I have learned that students learn better when the lessons are highly interactive, which promotes better learning. I will apply this to every day by drawing pictures on the board in addittion to explaining the topic.