Amanda Opalacz

Amanda Opalacz

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I teach sonography so my students need to practice scanning on a daily basis. However, patients are not always easy to come by, especially when learning OB. My school has a simulator that looks like a real patient laying on the exam table. I am able to program the simulator with any and all pathologies, as well as pregnancy, to allow the students to practice their scanning.

I found ED 205 to be very informative.  I will be utilizing the skills I learned in my classroom.

I found ED115 to be helpful in differentiating between hard and soft skills.  I had some professors back in school that were absolutely brilliant, but I still thought they were terrible instructors.  Now I understand why.  I'm even more motivated then before to not only share my knowledge with my students, but also have the ability to manage my classroom in a harmonious and productive way.

While I knew most of the concepts from this course from previous courses that I have taken it did give me some new concepts to try.  I was very impressed with the way this course was laid out and the concepts were so easy.  I am definitely going to implement some of these ideas into my day to day life to try and reduce my stress.

I found this class to be very helpful in understanding student behaviors.  It has given me some great techniques to try in my own classroom.

I though tthis course was great!  I completed a section, then applied what I learned in my own classroom before completeing the next section.  I found the assessments to be very helpful and thought provoking.  I will definitely be recommending this particular course to my colleagues.

I found this class to be very interesting.  As a new instructor for the adult learner I feel like all of the helpful advice will really make my first year a lot easier.  I do spend most of my time worrying about things that never happen, it is so true!  Communication and preparation are key!

How do you curb a Center Stage Student's behavior when they only want to be center stage when they are cracking a joke? When the jokes are over they become very introverted and won't participate in discussions.
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I find that students don't listen to a word about the Syllabus until after we discuss the grading weights because this is what they are most concerned about. I now discuss the grading first, and then review the rest of the syllabus.

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