Jay Hollowell

About me

Please allow me this opportunity to welcome everyone to The Lounge! As someone who has had the honor of being in career education and corporate training for thirty years (gee, it makes me feel much older!), I can honestly say that I am the happiest professionally when having the opportunity to interact with fellow career educators - whether it be a training event, webinar, or medium such as this where we can collaboratively share our thoughts.

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Using Student Learning Groups

Thanks, Ronald, for your observations. I too have found that student learning groups provide the chance for adult learners to work with different ideas and see other ways of doing things; the residual effect of teamwork is just as important as accomplishing the ask at hand, and so crucial to the workplace. Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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The Challenge of Learning Disabilities

Hi Warren! Great process!! It is a building-block approach with content reinforced, demonstarted and clarified by immediate application - see it/hear it, practice it, repeat if needed, etc. - I have found that it is also helpful when a student can see how what they are doing (specifically) fits into the processes or procedures of the "whole picture." Thanks Warren for all of your discussions and observations in the forums! Jay ED106

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Hi Glenn! Thanks for your oustanding observations! It's interesting that building student rapport is both a process and a result. Developing rapport with students definitely requires effective communication as well as a sensitivity to diversity, both in culture and in learning styles, yet rapport is also a result from indeed being effective at those communication skills. As mentioned, the methods are often implied. Regarding Cullen's list of pointers about teaching and communicating: -Questioning/eliciting: this is crucial to learning because it fosters critical thinking, as long as the questions not only require identification and description of content, but also analysis application… >>>

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The Challenge of Learning Disabilities

Thanks for your kind words, Kristin! It is a pleasure to interact with so many educators who likewise share the passion for learning. Jay ED106

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Instructing Learners with Disabilities

Hi Kristin! Thank you so much for sharing this excellent game and learning activity with our participants. It helps the discussion forum take on a "resource" and "lessons learned" focus. Jay ED106

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Refining Your Communication Skills

Don, I typically use whiteboards for summary bullet points, outlines, topics/agenda for the day, list of ongoing assignments, and for recording questions or comments from students that are important, but not directly related to the subject at hand (as opposed to not addressing). I do not typically use whiteboards for writing content, long examples, etc. Just a thought, Thanks, Jay ED106 Facilitator

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The Challenge of Learning Disabilities

Hi Carroll! Having students expand on a question or topic is an excellent technique. Utilizing student learning groups may be an effective way to keep students current, balance activity, reinforce material, and keep students engaged as opposed to bored. Thanks for your input! Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Instructing Diverse Learners

Hi Don; patience really is a virtue, particularly for educators; Excellent comment about working with deaf students; the interpreter, though an important function, is simply a medium. Hopefully, educators will see that working with challenged students is not a hurdle, but just a different approach. Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Refining Your Communication Skills

This is a good point, Jason, as open and effective communication lays the foundation for the professional student/instructor relationship. This is crucial to the learning environment. Thanks, Jay Hollowell ED106 Facilitator

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Instructing Diverse Learners

Hi Kristin! I think that all of the teaching methods you list engage students with different learning styles and challenges, even those that are reluctant to read. I know that you are familiar with a variety of reading development methods and resources. I really like the SQRRR method. It's simple and flexible, and allows the instructor to help adapt a reading strategy to each learner. For all of our forum participants, here is a site below that briefly describes the SQRRR process for reading improvement. ctl.stanford.edu/Student/studyskills/SQ3R.pdf Thanks, Jay ED106 Facilitator

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