Hi Richard,
Most students love video games. I can see how this teaching method is a hit with students, especially this generation of students.
Patricia Scales
Hi Gwendolyn,
I love your enthusiasm! I can tell you are a fun and exciting instructor. Excitement starts at the top!
Patricia Scales
Hi Tiffany,
Students love utilizing YouTube for math. YouTube is fun for this generation of students.
Patricia Scales
Hi Tracy,
Always remember, excitement really and truly begins with the instructor.
Patricia Scales
Since I teach computers I like to show students practical applications regarding what were are to be learning. Video games are usually a big hit so if we are learning a programming language I would show them a basic game that was created using that language and then look at the source code highlighting the basics.
I think that students will respond as excited and positive as the instructor. Tell them your expectation for them and their futures. Challenge them everyday to be the best they can. Give them incentives, extra points, pins, certificates, awards all along the way. Highlight them in the school news paper. Make them feel sercure and at ease and they will stay excited about the course
Some of the ways that I get students excited about my course is to one: Explain how EASY the course CAN be if the proper work is put in...this eliminates stress goin in. I also try to play as many icebreaker games, and contests as I can. You can only make math but so fun....If anyone has any ideas, feel free to let me know.....
Since I'm a new instructor, I'm learning a lot about ideas on getting students excited about course content through Max Knowledge.
Hi Sondra,
I concur! Excitement starts at the top with the instructor. Students need to see that we are excited, we are their biggest cheerleaders, and we want to see/help them succeed.
Patricia Scales
Law and Ethics is a tough course for students to get excited about. The typical reaction to the course is "boring". My strategies include word games, crossword puzzles, and Jeopardy. They form groups for Jeopardy and have fun. The competition is fun and the propensity to outwit the other team makes them study!
Be excited and motivated and to have every students best interest in mind.
Hi Ronald,
It does sound exciting! Great way to get the students to buy in to the course. You got me thinking with the question you asked. Students love it when we apply learning to the real world.
Patricia Scales
I teach a course called global economics and I'm sure many students know how boring economics can be, living up to its nickname the 'dismal science'. So in the very beginning I try to present them with brain teasers in the beginning of the course as well as in the beginning of each class.
For example a question I might ask before a lecture on supply and demand: "Why do orange/red/yellow peppers cost much more than green peppers?"
This gets them thinking about the concepts from the chapters and puts them to work in applying those concepts to the real world.
I guess that is my overall method of getting them excited and getting them to "buy in". I tell them by the end of the course they will have a new framework in which they can examine and re-examine the world around them. Sounds exciting, right?
Hi Katelyn,
I concur! Students love to hear our stories as they apply to what we are teaching!
Patricia Scales
I think by using real life experiences that relate to the course can get the students wanting to know more.
There are two main methods I utilize to generate student interest and enthusiasm in the course. First, I identify, explain, and demonstrate how the material is relevant to their lives/goals/aspirations. Linking the information they're about to learn personally is key to capturing their interest.
Second, I list and explain the variety of ways we, as a class, will go about acquiring and learning the requisite information. And, I always make a point of incorporating activities that are engaging and fun. Sometimes finding "engaging and fun" activities can be challenging. However, the payoff is worth the time and effort.
Hi Anne,
Great ways to get the students interest going. Students really do enjoy hearing ours stories/experiences as they apply to the real world.
Patricia Scales
Hi Malerie,
Students love it when we share our stories/experiences as they apply to the course.
Patricia Scales
Hi Natalie,
I agree! When adult learners understand the relevancy of the course, they automatically buy in.
Patricia Scales
I show videos as well as hands on skills to get my students excited about the course and it's contents. I also elaborate and tell real life stories about the dental field and they just love it and can't wait to start interning at the office.
