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Has anyone recieved feedback from students regarding the use of NV?
As soon as I saw the picture of steepled hands, I thought of two people who use that particular hand gesture: Dr. Evil (from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery) and Montgomery Burns (from The Simpsons). While I'm mostly having fun with this, I do believe it helps to be aware of these things. This gesture is not an unambiguous one.
This course is off to an informative start! Nonverbal communication is important for the Instructor to recognize. These non-verbal clues assist with identifying potential learning gaps.
I have noticed that when crossing language barriers, this effect is very much there. While many times they may not quite follow my lecture... what I write on the board has considerable more results.
It is vitaly important to continually read student NV cues in order to test comprehension and interest during a lecture.
One thing I like to do is a wrap up at the end of the week. I pick names of 3 three students out of a hat so the students never know who will get picked so they all must pay attention.
Engaging students and keeping them on their toes is one of the keys to success. I have found by drawing names when asking questions set up the class for paying attention.
Engrade is an excellent Learning Management system and it is free. https://www.engrade.com/ It can help with alot of aspects in the classroom for the instructor, administrator and student.
I find that the guide and controller are the best styles, especially in combination. Throwing in a little buddy in there doesn't hurt either. The guide helps with being able to guide students that are struggling with class and the controller helps with reigning in class that wants to get out of hand. I play the guide most of the time and that seems to help me keep the students interested and engaged.
I am teaching a Career Success Class, which teaches good stress relieving techniques to our students. I had my students create videos using their IPads on good and bad stress relieving techniques. One of their recurring ideas for a good stress relieving technique was spending time with their pets. If you own an animal, quality time with a pet is a great stress relieving technique.
Stress in the work place is usually not from work it is your everyday schedule and bills and friends and families that actually cause the most stress in your life. if you could figure out a way to make these stressful items alot smaller your life would be a lot smoother and you can relax more and enjoy the time you have with your friends and family. for instantance the bills they will always be there you just have to learn how to manage your money. if you sat down and wrote out a list of the on going bills in your life and then counted every day that you spent one single dime and if you really needed that. eventually you will find that you actually have more money in your account than you actually have had in the past and if you paid some of those useless bills off. slowly your stress will be less due to now you have an account that is in the positive instead of the negative balance. just a little amount of money in your account actually relieves you of so much stress due to money in our lives stress us out. good luck it worked for me.
Funny how I never anylized how I do things in this manner, I can not wait to become a Guide.
I'm a current professional in an automotive technical career school and looking for some advise on how to create a more engaging syllabus without make it cartoonish.