Greetings Peers!

Tips for engagement in the virtual classroom:

• All of my virtual classes begin with icebreakers, which allow students to unwind before the lecture. 
• There are multiple icebreakers implemented into the courses I instruct, such as games involving the parts of speech and homophones like "affect" and "effect." I will offer extra credit to the winners. The friendly competition creates a fun atmosphere.
• Various writing activities are involved.  For example, journal and free writing. The students are given a disclaimer to share what they do not mind others knowing, and each student reads the journal submission from the chat, which creates community and trust in the classroom. 

Tips for courses

Social media is a good thing for students who are used to doing it, but for students who are uncomfortable or do not have a social media presence, it makes it hard for them to market themselves. I also think that with social media using different platforms that we have are great. It helps the student learn to market themselves, but it also gives them an idea of what possibilities are out there when you do market yourself the correct way on social media.

I feel as though doing all your social media, your networking, engaging, and all that social media that’s fine, but let’s not lose focus on person person contact, and sometimes that could be a problem within the cell. Some students don’t know how to socialize with person due to the fact of social media, so let’s not let that be our only source of communication that’s my feelings. 

If I have a student is not falling my directive for my syllabus, my emails are just not responding. I will set up a meeting with the student and try to figure out what is going on with the student itself so we can get to the bottom of it she could be just going through some stuff, so I would actually try to talk to her in person social media 

Engaging students is important for their learning because when they are paying attention and are concentrating in class, they are receiving more information that will remain in their brain. Participation is crucial as well as maintaining a good learning environment using different tools the internet offer.

What do you do when the students do not follow your syllabus, emails, or phone calls?

I supose I need much more time if I did not find it.  Do yo think so?

Years ago, I used to think that I needed to be in a classroom and have a professor in front of me to be able to learn. These days I would not change online education for anything. I can take the course at my own pace and study at odd hours from home. Online does require self-discipline and focus, but if you have a goal in mind you can reach it.

Engaging students is important for their learning because when they are paying attention and are concentrating in class, they are receiving more information that will remain in their brain. Participation is crucial as well as maintaining a good learning environment using different tools the internet offer.

I think when students are really engaged they can excel,  with the proper time management skills.

How do you work with students who are dealing with difficult situations at home like death, and grief from deaths of loved ones.

Setting High expectations is helpful, along with prompt feedback.

Drb Brand

For those with disabilities, how does the instructor know the equipment a student is utilizing. Our school does not allow tests to be done on an IPAD, this is because of formatting, so this is a concern for those with disabilities and the equipment they use, how do we know it is effective with the formatted content. 

Deb Brand

I have been using Kahoot! Blooket, Quizlet, and Quizziz a lot.  My students LOVE Blooket, because of the outrageous competitiveness in acquiring points, yet I think for that very reason, it isn't reinforcing information acquisition and retention as best as it could.  Some of the rules of the game are difficult for my adult learners, they often ask their children to help.  Kahoot! has been good, but due to the nature of the peer creation, caution is the word, as many are careless in providing correct answers.  Quizlet and Quizziz are not as dynamic but are certainly focused on reinforcing newly learned material.  

I think many educators are unaware of the communication needs of some of our students. Technology has come a long way, and we could certainly students who could benefit from the use of speech generated devices. 

Social networking is all about building a community.

Good communication is needed to aid in the student's success.

Adult Learners seem to learn best if they can relate the content to their personal experiences.