Susan Polick

Hi Michelle- thanks for your post to the forum. You are involving your students in active learning which in the end will result in better retention. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

HI Patrick - Thanks for your post to the forum. I agree, if we lecture without any punctuation through questioning, our students will easily "zone out". Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Hi Mak - I am not certain what you are asking. Certainly having students read aloud in class will help you to identify students who have obvious reading problems. (Of course this risks very much embarrassing those students). Susan

Hi Mak - Thanks for your post to the forum. You will also find that the questions that you jot down at the end of each class will also obviously refect what you actually taught in your classes. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Hi Mark You are running an active learning classroom - great work! Best wishes- Susan

Hi Timothy - You are obviously a "seasoned" instructor! Thanks for sharing a practical and emphathetic method of hanling off-topic questions/comments. Susan

Hi John - Would you be willing to share some of the visual activities that you use in your online classes? Thanks!! Susan

Hi John - That is the eternal problem for us as online instructors, even when we provide our students with the grading rubrics in advance. I agree, asking probing questions becomes necessary, albeit really time consuming!. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Hi John= Thanks for your post to the forum. I also teach primarily online and agree that essay questions tell me much more about what my students know. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan

Hi Andrea- Thanks for your post to the forum. You make a great point. We can deliver the material to our students but unless they "learn" it, we have not really "taught" them. So, bottom line, as you put it so well, "we also have an obligation to endure that our students are receiving this information in the best possible manner to ensure their success." Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan