David Welch

Students with disabilities do not need charity. They need someone who understands what it takes for the student to absorb the information. If the instructor is patient, and truly interested in teaching, they will figure out how to reach the student no matter what their disability is.

I believe it is important to treat each student individually. This helps me to find out what I have to do to reach them. Without that an instructor may loose a good amount of their classes interest because the students may not feel a direct connection to their instructor. It is important for the student to feel as if their instructor really cares about their success.

Student groups can be a great tool in a classroom. It forces studetns to ineract with eachother and step outside of there comfort zone. If the instructor is observent enough they will notice who is driving the group and who is dragging the group. This creates the opportunity to adjust the grop dynamic and prevent one or two people from carrying the group. Watching to see who does produce and who does not is important to studetns when working in groups. No one likes to work alone when they have been assigned a group.

I believe classroom movement is important to maintain control of the room and also to keep the students more ingaged. If I move around the class I can see students from differetn angles and will notice if one of them is being distracted with there personal electronics. It also gives the class a bit more action as floating around the room causes the students to move around in order to watch the lecture.