It seems difficult to monitor student cheating today. The students have come up with new ways of cheating all the time. I guess its due to new technology.

I speand a significant amount of time preparing my lectures. This seems to help with any pre-class nerves.

My students are warned, then they are sent home for the day for any repeat disruptions. They get the message pretty quick.

Clearly defining the objectives of the class can help student focus on the goal.

To Do List are a must if you have many hats to wear. Each day the list may change just as life changes. But, what a wonderful feeling to get to check things off!

It is important to create a schedule and a lesson plan that will help with organization and time management. In addition, keeping a daily planner will alleviate stress because the planner will act as guide so one can view their level of priorities. This will help the individual to stay on time with their task.

You, as the instructor, need to learn how to manage your time most effectively. I found it is best to make a list and try to prioritize what is most important to what is least important. It is essential to do the most important tasks first even if you are tempted to do the easiest tasks first.

Some of the ways that i found very helpful to reduce stress are eating healthy and exercise. I always try to eat a well balanced meal with several fruits and vegetables. I also go the gym several times a week which is a great stress reducer. Both of these techniques seem to make it a little easier to get through the day.

What are some practical examples of how to help your students visualize their expectations of mastering the content, skills, and gaining the necessary expertise from the course? I agree that this is a critical piece, since if the students don't think they will succeed, there is no use trying, however I am unsure of what to do. Can anyone provide some examples?

Excersise is absolutely the best way for sreaa relief

Excersise is great to relieve stress and helps you sleep better at night.

The use of computer programs and internet for research are optimal ways of saving time.

I typically take the "fly by the seat of pants" approach and it seems to work for me. I am able to drop what Im doing if someting of more importance arises

Practicing material has been a helpful practice.

The module section "Setting the Stage for Success" makes it clear that students in a course want to know, "what's in it for me?" At one point, however, the module suggests a psychomotor learning activity involving teams competing to make the best paper airplane. Am I the only one that feels that this learning activity is inappropriate for adult learners (unless perhaps one is teaching a class on aerodynamics)? Given the limited number of classroom hours available during a term, I don't see how I as an instructor can sell the spending of time on the construction of paper airplanes as being relevant to the course objectives. If a student asks, "what's in this class for me?" the answer is now "I've learned how to make a good paper airplane." Fun, yes. But how is that pertinent to workplace knowledge and skills? I do understand the importance of building rapport among students and group activities. But making paper airplanes isn't the way to do it.

I have found as well that exercise can be an immense coping mehanism here. I agree totally!!!

I had an opportunity to lisen to a CD by Michael Staver that addressed the idea of stress perfectly. This was related to the fact that the more stressed and emotional we get the more the logic center of our brain becomes compromised.

I can see when I was younger how much time I wasted because of lack of organization. I feel today I valkue time management morte than ever

performing this training session reminds me of Stephen Covery's habits The specific one I found recurring was put firdt things firest

and how to protect a rest of the students from negative influence as well as instructor from undeserved disapproval from the administration