Christine Kane

this can be a difficult situation especially when there are students who work graveyard shifts and then come straight to class.  they are living on a few hours of sleep a day between work, school, family, and studying.  I try to work with individuals to keep them busy.  One thing that works wonders is lecturing for 20 min, hands-on 20 min, computers 20 min.... repeat.  Today's students are mainly composed of the new computer generation that keeps them very mentally active.  Things change continuously.  They need that same action in the classroom.  Having students sit in front of a computer… >>>

Irma,

I see this with a few teachers here. It is a shame that some teachers would rather be "bff" instead of a leader of education.  The students who are influenced by this will come out at the short end of the stick in the end.  I have seen it happen over an over.  On the other hand, there are many teachers here who do a fan-tabulous job! The students begin to see how much they have learned and how successful they are.  Word gets around fast.

Keep your eye on success.  Keep doing your job.  Doing your job correctly… >>>

Michael,

I have a link that we used a lot in a school district I used to work at in TX.  I utilize this same information for my higher education classes, as well. The students do quite well.

Let me know if you have any questions.  Good luck.

Christine

http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

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