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Accelerated instructor

We can help with all learing types.

learning as we go

It is good that we all can learn from everybody.

Relaxing, Fun atmosphere

In our rooms by having a relaxing, fun atmosphere students will learn more. We all like games and to have fun, so if this is incorporated into our class room activities learning is easier, fun, and the students will retain more information.

The importance of body movement when instructing students

I've common way of instructing on both videos provided by the harvard university, the instructor were energetic moving around the class, representing the meaning with their hands, that keep the students awake in the lecture room.

Creative enviroment

Our class room serves many purposes, it is how we interact with the students in our class rooms that create the creative enviroment of learning. If we use our rooms as learning tools, with visual aids, hands on tasks, and personal space, each student will make it their enviroment and learning will come easier to our students.

Being a good instructor

Being a good instructor means to be open, supportive, interactive, honest, and willing to listen and learn from your students. Not everything is one sided, we have to not only teach our students, but if we pay attention to our classes they can teach us new ways to look at our subject matter.

Slow learning

What should I do about someone who is slow learning but does not have a learning disability.

very different

I have only a small class and need some ideas on how to keep the faster paced ones from getting board while I spend a little more time with the ones who need help.

Work Groups

I am doing my first work group with one of my classes. Do you have any suggestions for me.

Examples

I have some classes that are right out of high school.Many do not understand what it is like to work for someone else,can you help with examples that relate to things they may have done.

Creating effective assessments

Using formal assessment to measure student knowledge can come at several different points during your unit plan. Assessments preformed before a unit, while you are teaching the unit and after you are finished teaching the unit are all valid and helpful to a teacher, yet each serve different purposes. Understanding each assessment type is important to helping teachers fine tune their teaching skills.

Student learning assessment

An ever-increasing number of faculty from all disciplines are seeking ways to learn how the various elements of their courses affect student learning. This search includes assessment methods that are designed primarily for faculty use rather than for institutional data gathering or program evaluation. Feedback from instruments designed primarily for classroom use can guide faculty in modifying their courses to enhance student learning. This allows the instructor to come to a medium on their instruction style also because they can see where all their students are at. If you have advanced students, prepare to have additional work for them so that they are not bored during class.

Questioning as a teaching technique

Good questioning is an excellent aid to teaching that is seldom utilized to the fullest extent. Most of us use questioning solely to assess students’ knowledge and are less aware of its expanded value as an important teaching and learning tool. Good questioning is a major determinant of teaching and learning outcomes.

Teaching vs. learning style

Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing, reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively, analyzing and visualizing, steadily and in fits and starts. Teaching methods also vary. Some instructors lecture, others demonstrate or lead students to self-discovery; some focus on principles and others on applications; some emphasize memory and others understanding.

Testing.

I like to get different parts to a test. T/F, short answer, eassy.

Knowing your audience sets the condition for learning

If you know the level of education / experience of the students. You can set the tone of the classroom.

Delivering Course Content

When students are accessing material asynchronously you have the option to sometimes assign different content to individual students or groups of students based on the students’ learning goals and interests. This frequently allows students to see the how the material you are covering is relevant to their lives and future plans.

Meeting Your Class for the First Time

Take time to go over the syllabus, introduce the course, and establish common goals and expectations. Let them know the kinds of work they'll be doing - provide examples and demonstrations of the output you expect from them. Spend time in the first session to explain fully how the course will run. Make sure you allow time for questions and to clarify expectations.

Planning and Preparation

Time -- we only have so much of it. The effective teacher cannot create a single extra second of the day -- any more than anyone can. But the effective teacher certainly controls the way time is used. Effective teachers systematically and carefully plan for productive use of instructional time. One of the primary roles that you will perform as a teacher is that of designer and implementor of instruction. Teachers at every level prepare plans that aid in the organization and delivery of their daily lessons. These plans vary widely in the style and degree of specificity. Some instructors prefer to construct elaborate detailed and impeccably typed outlines; others rely on the briefest of notes handwritten on scratch pads or on the backs of discarded envelopes. Regardless of the format, all teachers need to make wise decisions about the strategies and methods they will employ to help students move systematically toward learner goals.

Developing a Strong Instructor

When picturing a successful case method instructor, the image that often comes to mind is that of a charismatic individual, who makes it all seem effortless. But the fact that the instructor is center stage does not imply a need for showmanship. In the case classroom, effective teaching comes in a wide variety of styles. A quiet, thoughtful, soft-spoken introvert can engage and challenge students as effectively as a dramatic, high energy extrovert. What matters most is the trust, passion and commitment to learning that the instructor brings to the class discussion, and the authenticity of whatever style is employed.