Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

About me

This is my first year teaching ,although I have trained quite a few Pharmacy Techs during my over 30 years as a Pharmacist ,and I am always looking for better ,improved and easier ways to teach my students and keep them interested in the subject being taught. I have to say ,that I have gotten very interesting and different insights on HOW TO ,from this courses and my peers.Keep the good work and ideas coming!

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Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

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ED103- Judy Morici

TOTALLY AGREE! It was very informative and discussed very interesting ideas regarding testing and differences in student learning abilities.

Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

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ED102

Course was very positive in methods needed to connect with our students ,keep them interestested and retaining them in the class.Very informative and helped a lot with REFOCUS strategy. Enjoyed this class alot!

Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

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ED 101

I actually enjoyed this class .There is a lot of these tecniques that maybe without really knowing I was using..That was vere re-assuring!...I guess I have been giving to my students the kind of teaching I want to have myself if I were a student . The course also enlightened me to do better ,incorporate variation to my lectures to make them more enticing for the students...Its good to know I was and I am going in the right direction.

Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

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stress management

Amen to that!

Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

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Reducing cheating in the classroom

Totally agree that we should be totally available while they are testing .Some will try to ask a question expecting from us to give them the answer.I just guide them to the process of thinking to get the right answer..Love it when I see the light bulb turning on and them getting the right answer on their own.Priceless!!!!!.When they know the teacher is attentive to what is going own during test ,and is responsive to any doubts/confussions they might have ,there is no need to cheat.

Lydia Ruiz-Rivera

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ED 107

I always try to make reference (whenever is possible/applicable) to past lessons to ensure they don't forget the material .Whenever l am lecturing something that I can apply past lectures I will say ""let me pick your brains" and that get them very excited because they can continue using what they've learn in the past and they get even more happy when they get the right answer and makes the more confident in their capabilities.