Tom Rufo

A point was made in this lesson that rang really true with my experience teaching automotive technology. Gen Y learners don't read manuals! I'm technically a Generation Y'er myself but I cannot for the life of me understand others my own age not reading instructions. When it comes to making adjustments or repairs I must constantly remind students to follow the directions manufacturers provide. Most of my students prefer to learn from trial and error. Unfortunately in this field that will most certainly result in damage to vehicles or yourself! I believe teaching students to read directions may be one… >>>

When I started out teaching I was hesitant to incorporate listed learning objectives in the course because as a student myself I often look over the learning objectives and skip to course content. But as I have been teaching for over a year now I see how learning objectives are very beneficial. If learning objectives are clearly posted, easy to understand and are relevant to the students' success in their field they can have a major impact on students' success and memory retention. I am constantly directing my students back to our learning objectives while they are doing activities in… >>>

As other people have states ED106 does contain some review information. This is good though as often we need to be refocused on these core concepts. What I found most intriguing and new was the information about learning disabilities and literacy issues. The practices taught in these sections not only apply to students with documented learning issues but with all students who all have varying levels of comprehension and retention skills. It was a well put together course with much applicable content to my profession.

As other people have states ED106 does contain some review information. This is good though as often we need to be refocused on these core concepts. What I found most intriguing and new was the information about learning disabilities and literacy issues. The practices taught in these sections not only apply to students with documented learning issues but with all students who all have varying levels of comprehension and retention skills. It was a well put together course with much applicable content to my profession.