Tara Rhodes

I learned that I mostly ask recall questions and that I need to ask questions that go beyond the recall.  I also learned to give my students more time to answer the questions.  

I like the idea of starting class with questions relating to new subject matter or continuing matter.  I also like the idea of a end of class activity.  I already begin class with big welcomes and how are you today. 

Classroom management is essential and starts day one.  Also, being prepared for the classes is important.  One cannot go into class and have no idea what will be taught that particular class period.  Setting guidelines that keep you as the teacher and a student as a student. 

I liked the strategies for dealing with students that lack interest in the content because it is not relatable to them.  I have a lot of students that did not want to take my class but were just given my class.  I also liked the strategies for the center stage student.  I have one of these this year and this student is a handful. I like the card system allowing them to speak only a certain number of times.  Overall, this section was very informative and gave me lots of ideas on how to deal with some of my students. 

My take homes from this module was how important it is to set clear expectations from classroom managment to grades is essential for students to understand what is required for class.  I learned that transparency is good for them to understand requirements for grades, assignments, and overall behavior.  I likes the proposed policy of having 1 week to complete a late assignment.  I don't do this now but I will be adding this to my classroom rules and syllabus.