Prepare for things to go wrong and redirect the students
I liked the idea of having a plan B and journaling
It always helps to have a lesson plan of the main points and divide the lecture into sections.
I learned to always be prepared. Having an ace up your sleeve pays off for the student
While getting to know my students on the 1st day of class I usually give them a pretest to find out what they know or don't know about the program or course.
Know your students academic level to better teach them.
To be able to evaluate knowledge base can help with formulation of a teaching plan. If learners disengage it is essential to have a back up plan to teaching and redirecting to an activity to promote learning
changing the activity or doing a status assessment when students are restless/not engaged
Plan B is a great suggestion - I tend to try to cram too much content into each class, so stepping back & taking another look at how the content is presented, if there is a better way to get it across and if there are non-essential pieces I can drop out without compromising quality are all good things to implement.
Have a plan B, focus on a different activity to help re-engage
zoom and technology has been a life saver since covid
when students get off task it may be easier to redirect them and do another assignement to get them back on task
Some really good information here. I hope it continues to be a productive series of lessons
Be prpared to change activities be aware of students becoming ditracted. Defenatly haveing a Plan B is a good idea.
Students that come in with lack of background knowledge is a big factor. I want to look at the K-12 education.
Keeping students engaged is key. Students get distracted easily and lose focus but getting them involved with hand-on activities to learn is vitial.
always have a back up plan, because you never know what can and will happen.
Learn to pull an audible if plan a is not working as planned. Not having a plan b for your lesson plan is only going to make your class exponentially harder if the students are not getting it.
I learned that it is important to redirect the class if they are not getting the topic the way you deliver it.
There is a lot of information to grasp. This lesson made me very aware that I need to observe my students a little bit better to help adjust my teaching styles. The examples were very helpful.
