I really like the idea of small groups, and the "Crisis Game"
I love the concept of creating a crisis-to stimulate thinking and real-world application
learned about ways to provide and give different strategies that will help keep the students engaged and focus during teaching
I really like the surprise instruction
It's much better to learn by telling a story or posing a problem/crisis than simply giving information.
Recognizing the mid-term slump and how to regroup yourself and REFOCUS as helpful. Also getting feedback from students both on what the have learned and what is to come and how they can build on the knowledge they learned in the 1st half to continue to apply in the 2nd half was helpful.
By far, the section which dealt with storytelling and keeping your students interested or "student buy-in" was useful in that it reinforced the fact that 10 to 15 minutes are attention span boundaries. With this information, and other technical explanations, one can better build an effect delivery strategy.
I really enjoyed the REFOCUS tool and I plan to use that pat as a point of reference to my own lesson planning
This module helped me to understand the concept of Learnativity and the emotional components of students
I will be better able to deliver the content for the students understanding and buy-in and creative ways to evaluate their learning progress.
This module helped me to understand the concept of Learnativity and the emotional components of students
I will be better able to deliver the content for the students understanding and buy-in and creative ways to evaluate their learning progress.
In this module, I learned and plan to apply REFOCUS. Like that Crisis stimulation game as an engaging tool.
learning about the REFOCUS tool will help me be more creative and will help me relate my personal experiences to the students.
I really see the benefit of a mid term evaluation or the emergency role play idea is great. By mid term many students can feel overwhelmed by the course content especially if they are not doing as well as they hoped.
Breaking up lecture with mini challenges or games can help keep their focus and engagement while also helping them learn the material.
Many good points I look forward to implementing into my instructions and look forward to seeing how my class response to it.
Its Important to listen to your students an know there values an goals
Refocus is the key to success. Keeping students motivated to succeed is the ultimate goal.
I really enjoy the acronym link/pair/share.
The mid-class fatigue is real. I appreciate learning about ways to bring back the vigor. I am a fan of mid-course evaluations. When I taught full-time it was in a 15-16 week semester. My mind cannot yet wrap around how this can work in 5 week segments. I am thankful for the acronym for REFOCUS:
RECOGNIZE/EMPOWER/FOCUS/OBJECTIVIZE/COMMIT/UNBURDEN/SURPRISE.
Interesting. I am going to translate it to virtual environments
