visual demos
here, as a librarian I sit back and watch the projects take form, students doing research, making the power points, and building their projects. If all goes well the students end up with a good grade, and all are happy.
Visual demonstrations are vitual for teaching health care procedues. It alllows students to see procedues, ask questions and practice before performed on clients.
Yes, most definitely. Visual demonstrations, powerpoint lectures and live instructions are very powerful tools to have our students engaged and focused to the lesson at hand. I usually add animation and music to my powerpoint presentations. Injecting humor to your demonstrations , putting in funny pictures and images will definitely catch your student's attention. The element of fum makes everything a lot easier for everyone.
Also, as the students are performing their clinical tasks, you can review material with them such as why is it important to follow the correct steps to this procedure. This allows them to use critical thinking skills while performing the task.
In culinary we rely on demos to show student what the outcomes will be. Seeing, tasting, smelling and then doing helps them understand where as just talking about it would not be effective.
Heinz,
yes, the see, do & then tell is a great way to cement learning.
Dr. Ryan Meers
Visual demos followed by hands-on recreating what was just shown by the instructor has the best impact and memory retention.
Utilizing power points on hands on training in our labs are most important to visual aids and working on the equipment in groups work well.
Marshall,
that is a great idea & helps to get them out of the classroom & into a little different environment which often helps with attention.
Dr. Ryan Meers
I like to take mini field trips to demo the calibration of thermometers and allow the students to repeat the demo with their own therms.
Leslie,
yes, the demos are a great way to engage all of the senses & learning styles.
Dr. Ryan Meers
By doing visual demo's, students can not only see, touch, feel they actually get verbaly engaged. This facilitates comprehession and participation. Most people are visual/auditory learners and by doing this they will naturally engage in conversation which reiforces the information.
