Yvette Prior

My top takeaway from the first part of ED142 is that "all students benefit" when we teach with flexibility to cater to diversity within the stduent body. The second takeaway was the reminder that we are also different as teachers and we bring different things to each classroom. Having flexibility and providing students with options to demonstarte learning can provide positive outcomes for stduents, help with retention, and enrich the students along the way. 

I am also grateful for the privacy policies we follow - we have a come a long way with ethical procedures in many areas and protecting student's rights feels good!

I agree - and we can also make their lives richer through the engagement.  Humans have a need to learn, share and grow - and when we set them up to share (in reasonable amounts and in safe ways that allow application of learning) it can be enriching and stimulating for the student.  There are demands with going back to school, but also many perks and the enjoyment factor cannot be overlooked - the human mind was made to learn and people can have boosts to self-esteem and mood after experiencing some lively class engagement. :) 

I enjoyed reading some of the tips here. 

Sometimes what I htink has helped with discussion posts is to ask something fun and personal while they also relfect on course material. For example, students were invited to join in a discussion about psychological disorders and the post had 4 parts. 

They had to define the term, list two from the book, give an example, and then the last part was to pick two of the literary named disorders (Peter Pan, Doran Gray, etc.) - And in many cases - the quiet or introverted seem to like sharing on that last… >>>