Barry Westling

Hi David: Your approach to choosing what'll work best sedems very logical and systematic. That's great. I think that when I'm writing for planning purposes, I follow something similar. On the other hand, I've stumbled on to wonderful lessons, topics, methods, and uses for media resources literally by accident. Sometimes being open to students suggestions can be quite helpful. Example, years ago while trying to describe a lower lobe pneumonia on a chest x-ray, some of the students in the class couldn't see what I was trying to identify. A suggestion came from a student to project the x-ray image… >>>

Hi Frank: You're right, it is a combination of both content and style. And the thing is, we all have our unique style to bring. My version of enthusiasm may be diiferent than yours, but we both bring that to the classroom. Being approachable, friendly, showing concern, being helpful, these traits any teacher can provide in their own style and in doing so, make the class better. More patience, tolerance of opposing positions, and being honest and genuine with students are some of the more effective traits, but often are more difficult to exhibit because we're all so busy, time… >>>