pete mata

On day one I explain policy and expectations. A course calendar with assignments and due dates are on it. My e-mail is also given, if they have any question or concerns. Maybe they're not confortable asking in front of the class they can ask me via e-mail.

Can spend more in class time learning with reducing lectures, risking the learner of disconnecting from the class. Allows time to dig deeper into the subject and course correct learners if the learning obective is not being met.

Accelerated learning through peer to peer and facilitator including discussions and excersices where retention of material/subjects is maximized/learned.

Jitt gives more time for learning in class. Web base training can be done the night before and in class we can discuss what we learned as much as what we didn't understand on the on-line lesson.

Giving a group of students a task to complete with a set of guidelines. To be completed in an agreed time period. I can only course correct to keep them on track.

Knowing the learning preference is key to preparing a lesson/task. I'll start by catering to their prefered learning style to draw them into the learning. Then gradually shift the learning and comprehention to be more open to other learning styles.

Encouraging "Mother Tongue" the learner masters the learning objective while improving comprhension of English and expanding of their first language. The student at this point can be given the chance to learn from other cultures when I assign a group task.

"Color Blind" can cause a diverse class to diconnect from the learning objective. Bringing together a valued common cultural denominatior brings the learning to an optimum level.

I've also notice that men tend to be more hands on and in a team lab environment others will tend to hang back. I step in and assign different tasks to each learner on the project so everyone has to get in volved. At the same time there's peer to peer teaching to where that task is completed correctly.

During lectures I've find myself telling the class that I do not lecture rather I present information. I invite them to take part in the discussion and build on security. When it comes time to review  I've offer a jolly rancher candy as a reward for answering correctly. If the answer is wrong, I say "incorrect" to the learner. I will change my methods of stating an incorrect answer to something like "can anyone else add to this answer"?