Tracey Magrann-Reyes

We have to be aware that not all students want to interact with people. They should be given choices for projects and activities, so they can decide if they want to work alone or in a group.

One thing I do to engage students is to give them an Escape Room activity, which they can do in groups if they want. They have to answer 4 Multiple choice questions, solve a puzzle to change the answer letters into numbers, enter the number online, and if correct, they escape the room. There are 5 rooms. There is at least one real test question in there somewhere, so they are motivated to do the activity.

It's important to have my own web cam on, as well as the students, so we can connect better. Students who block their camera are often away from the computer doing their own things.

In fully online classes, we also have to make sure the students we are seeing are the ones that are enrolled. We should have them submit a photo ID at the begining of the course. We should also take a screen shot of them while taking their tests.

Different delivery methods will be interesting to me, too! It would be good to find a blog or something that lists ideas for how to deliver anatomy lectures in a variety of different ways.

I usually take pictures of students, 5 at a time (with their permission), in alphabetical order as per the roster. Each day, I try to learn the names of at least 5 students. But now I have 50-75 students in a class, and a lot of material to cover each day, so I am not sure what to do to learn that many names! Any ideas anyone?

It's important to know what level of difficulty to present to the students. I think this module could have given us some ideas of how to assess what level is needed. I try to ask my boss about the difficulty level they want. I also do Kahoot questions during my lectures to see how many students are understanding the content, and how many are not. 

Most of the learning is done outside of the classroom. From my past professional development classes, I learned that since students have their own learning styles, I have to provide them with various learning tools to use at home. Some should be visual, some auditory, some motor.