Developing Your Communication Skills | Origin: ED106
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Enhancing Student Learning --> Developing Your Communication Skills
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I like the idea of moving around the room to keep students involved in the conversation.
By moving around the class room you can connect with more students and not just those at the front of the class room
Moving around makes students less nervous and allows students to pay more attention to you without being behind a desk.
mention how to interact during the lecture with the students was so helpful
Fidgeting is one of my main issues. I make sure to set the slide clicker down and gesture with my arms vs a digital white board in my hand.
Keep the students engaged by moving throughout the classroom, making sure the tone in my voice is light and energetic and my concepts are relatable to draw in the students.
Movements exemplifying the information as I am presenting it rather than distracting movements that take away from the presentation requires a conscience effort to maintain the applicable flow and timing. I personally need to concentrate on not going to fast both in speech and in movement and no fidgeting.
self note to be aware of fidgeting with hands while speaking, i tend to have a whiteboard marker in hand. or mouse, take more time to walk around and occupy other areas of classroom behind screens especially
Keeping the audience engaged by manipulating the way you talk and moving around the room (floating) are great techniques I will look to use.
If you are a strong lecturer, don't let others tell you not to lecture. Some of the best faculty can build learning within their lecturesd and would not be considered a sage on the stage.
Floating around the classroom and using different tones of voice really keeps the students attention especially if you ask questions to students randomly to keep them on their toes to include repetition
Nelia Diaz The movement And gesture are an essential part of teaching ,actions speak louder than words.
To use pace, pitch and volume more effectively.
making eye contact and gestures can help your audience stay engaged
I learned that utilizing active listening skills, multiple ways of presenting information (analogies, stories, etc.), tone, and movement are all beneficial to effective teaching.
Reading power point presentations from the desk is not a good delivery method.
Good points all through this section. Eye contact, moving around and not hiding behind the desk are key factors for my teaching method as is my storytelling. I try to link the information to something they may have had experience with, are interested in, or will see in their upcoming professional career because I have seen it myself.
The more energetic and enthusiastic I am (to a point), the more engaged my students will be
I like the videotape to assess the class feedback.
