melissa kline

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I teach alot of Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology. I think that my students get a better understanding of the terms by seeing them written in their own handwriting on flashcards, a blackboard or note pad. Usually I have them break down the prefix, suffix and root words.

melissa kline

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Individual Activities

I teach both on ground and online and I typically incorporate a crossword puzzle and/or a word search about halfway through my lectures. I like this for several reasons. It gives the student a break from the lecture, I can use this as a quiz, and I can also see how much information the student is retaining which will set the tone for the next half of my lecture.

melissa kline

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Fun Ways of Learning

In my class I use a variety of things to make class fun and enjoyable. For my Anatomy and Physiology and Medical Terminology classes I break my students into teams. Then I haveone student lie down on a long sheet of constuction paper (we actually take various sheets and tape them together), then the other team member draws their outline. Each team needs to put the bones of the body in the appropriate place. So for the femur they would write femur in the appropriate place and so on. The first team to complete this task wins. This also works… >>>

melissa kline

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Creating Long Term Memory

I teach online classes in the evening for students wanting to become a Certified Professional Coder. There is alot of information given to students in a short period of time each term so it is very important that the students create some form of retaining this information. One thing that I have done in the past and seems to work really well is to have students make flash cards. Each term this can be done, for Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology and so on. Then when the students are ready to sit for their examination they can utilize their flashcards.… >>>

melissa kline

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Introduction to Students

I personally send each student an email prior to the start of their course with me to introduce myself and set the groud work. I end with telling them I look forward to having them fo the next xxxamount of weeks and for them to successfully complete the course.

melissa kline

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Getting Students to Get Involved with OnLine Chat

I think that in this day and age that most students go to online schooling because they can keep their current work/home, etc. schedule. I am wondering, however, since everyone has different schedules how an instructor can encourge students to participate in live chat. Does anyone have any thoughts?