Peggy,
I found this article that may be of some help. Perhaps teaching your students how to use software that tracks appointments or offering a course in basic web design in order to promote services may be the way to go: http://collegeofmassage.com/toronto/2013/04/5-technologies-that-are-enhancing-massage-practices/
Wishing you continued success in the classroom.
Theresa Schmitt
Stephen, I agree with this method. The students attention span is short and I've also found that providing information in smaller sections helps with their understanding and keeps their attention throughout the class. I use videos, games, Turning technology clickers, and short group exercises during class sessions.
I have found power point to be somewhat successful. I teach massage therapy and want to enhance my use of technologies, any help out there or suggestions.
I would say I am not using fun things. I use basic power-points and the internet to look up some projects. I am taking this course so I can engage students more. I would love any recommendations for learning kinesiology.
Without technology our teaching jobs would be a lot more difficult.
Technology has moved into the classroom setting and has made a great difference.
I have found that YouTube is a helpful place to send students for additional demos beyond what I do in class.
We have a variety of technology that we use to engage and train the students. Starting with PC's in the classroom for online training, access to diagnostic information and general research. Next we have Laptops as our scan tools...so interfacing with vehicle computers is an area of interest and technology while they can remotely command the system to perform tests. We let them pair their phones to the Blue tooth systems in the vehicles to learn how these systems operate. They can even do ASE prep training on their SMAART phones with an account we provide for them to use 24/7 for one whole year. I would say in general we cover many forms of technology which enhance, engage and help this tech savvy generation into learning successes.
I have found cell phones convenient for apps related to our topics. The internet is also a great resource.
I teach high performance PCM tuning for 2 different styles of cars. We are constantly using technology to show the students the differences between fuel injection and carburetors.
Having taught culinary instruction for many years, I find it both interesting and instructional that students can use the internet to visually breakdown understand the techbiques of classical French Cuisine. Chefs around the world use different techniques to accomplish the same task, and yesterday in class after physically demonstrating the breakdown of a chicken for Ballontine preparation, my class and I watched Jacque Pepin on You Tube, and he demonstrated and easier and more constructive way to do the same task. Many more fellow culinarians are also on You Tube, and each gives his own knterpretation and demonstration, which in the end, this media source, gives students a current way to approach difficult classroom curriculum, and can be viewed several times, to make the learning process clear and applicable to their set goal.
As a design instructor, I have found that encouraging students to share their design work via social media and design communities provides a platform for peer critique as well as fosters esteem as they see work they have completed as being comprable to work of established designers. In the classroom I use copyright-cleared youtube videos that show physical or mechanical processes to provide a better understanding of subject matter. For example, in a class that discusses production printing, I show a video where the owner of a large printing facility opens the press and discusses the parts and how the substrate transports from the entry point of the press under the presses and an image is developed. I could explain that mechanical process all day, but this video gives students a fuller grasp in less than 10 minutes.
I think that iphones have open up the world and my students i ask my class to look up somthing on there phone and we make a a race.
fast paced up to date video.
I have had some success with on-line quizzes (especially in saving class time). However there have been negatives there as well.
I also have had success in having students use various techniques during presentations to the class - powerpoint, videos embedded in powerpoint, videos found on-line, audio clips found on-line, etc. - It does appear that when using technology using the student's brains and ideas add a lot to the mix.
Edward,
Excellent! I always embed videos and links into my PowerPoint presentations just to break the monotony- for the students and for myself. I find after lecturing for more than 15 minutes or so students need a bit of visual stimulation. Videos do a great job of reinforcing the topics covered that class.
Wishing you continued success in the classroom.
Theresa Schmitt
Smartphones have been both relevant and successful in engaging learners. They are convenient to carry and allows access to the internet anytime, anyplace. Virtual learning is becoming the rule today and it is driven by technology. Smartphones will play a pivotal role in advancing virtual learning.
I am most interested in incorporating videos and links in my PowerPoint presentations. I also plan to look into Prezi and Adobe Captivate to potentially enliven some presentations that miss the "engaging" mark.
I am also interested in the collaborative tools and will research more on Evernote and Zoho Notebook.
Teaching high performance engines, we use a program that allows the student to try a variety of different combinations to produce the desired result. After the basic information is given in lecture and handouts describing the program and the expectations, students see how the concepts work. Once the basic objective is achieved, baseline, it is easier for the student to see how the details and thus the reasons engines can be built to perform at a higher level with more efficiency.
We are a automotive training school. One of the things I do is to have them look up new auto technologies that may or may not be out yet and report out on it. So there always on the internate looking and I have to be on too to keep ahead of them on it.
I have found using interactive review quizzes a great tool to ensuring comprehension of the subject matter. Students take the quiz and are then provided immediate feedback. If they are correct they are given an explanation as to why. If they mark incorrect, an explanation as to why is given and then the question if put back into the queue until they successfully pass each question. This reinforced the topics and makes the exercise that much more engaging as opposed to text on the screen as a learning tool.
