Michele Deck

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I like you approach to teaching, it is important for the students to be the center of attention in class, not the teacher. Helping them to get to knowing is the ultimate goal.

Michele Deck

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Past, Present, and Future Methods

Ice breakers can gain students' interest and create positive connections. Continue to use what your ideas and you will see success.

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Student Response

It's good to use a variety of activities for 2 reasons: others will not know what to expect and it will keep it interesting for you.

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Activity Feedback

As you begin to have students create review tools such as crosswords abs wordsearches to challenge their peers, you will see them learning the content and defending the answers they have created. This requires a higher level of thinking then memorization.

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Student Response

Waking people up engages them so they ate more likely to remember the content. Allowing them to teach each other also cements content in long term memory.

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Learner in Your Class

Gail, teaching while using a variety of methods ensures you will appeal to many different learning styles. Seeking new ways to teach also help you to become a better teacher.

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Learner in Your Class

Everyone wants a teacher who has your qualities. If you continue to try to improve your teaching skills, they will watch you grow, too, just as they are. Good luck in all you do!

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Past, Present, and Future Methods

I love the idea of using post it notes to label body parts-so much more kinesthetic and also visual versus just seeing pictures on power point slides. Keep creating these sorts of learning methods and you will see success in a variety of students.

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Student Response

Variety is the key to keeping the interest and attention of students when content is hard, dry or technical in nature. Keep doing what you are doing.

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Learner in Your Class

Using personal examples yourself and of the students is a way to get buy in and show relevance. It is obvious you are an instructor who really cares, and that shows through to students. Thanks for sharing your experience.