I use games, puzzles and role playing in almost everything i teach. The more hands on activities i use, the more the students seem to retain. If i dont use them.... the students ask " whats wrong with you? are you sick?"... It seems to be the highlight of their class instruction. I also find that when i start and end with a game or activity, the students are more interested in taking notes in between these times.
I use games, puzzles and role playing in almost everything i teach. The more hands on activities i use, the more the students seem to retain. If i dont use them.... the students ask " whats wrong with you? are you sick?"... It seems to be the highlight of their class instruction. I also find that when i start and end with a game or activity, the students are more interested in taking notes in between these times.
kristine, you have discovered the secret of using fun activities in your classes. The secret is they engage learners, so they remember more of the content because they are interested. Congratulations!
Michele Deck
I am adept at didactic, but will need some help with playing games. I will try the Jeapardy next class. I don't know how much pre-class prep I will need. But am willing to learn. Can anyone give me a good example of how to proceed. Jackie McManus
jacqueline, I suggest you put "jeopardy k-12" into a search engine and you can find templates to put your questions into.
Michele Deck
games and puzzles helps engage students positively and improves their memory.
Asya Mubanga
I like involving students with flashcards too, that seems to help alot. I have students make words up using their word roots, prefixes and suffixes they seem to have alot of fun with this,they are so creative and funny sometimes and because of this they tend to be more involved.
Maryann, I find the act of the students moving the cards around to form those words a helpful learning process, too.
Michele Deck
Playing Bingo with word parts and using post-it notes to label a skeleton are both great ways Ive incorporated into teaching my med term classes, but I'm looking forward to utilizing some of the new ideas I've discovered in this lesson. Thanks for the great ideas.
Shannon , the value of taking a course like this bringing your new knowledge into your classroom. I hope you incorporate these as soon as possible.
Michele Deck
I have often wondered how to fill the time between test takers who are fast and the dead time before the test time is finished. I believe that the crosswords, word find etc. will be a successful asset.
I have incorporated different word puzzles as class activities for adult learners, with the initial response from a few being that it was child's work. As soon as they got into it and saw the relevance to class, they were helping each other out and enjoyed the activity.
I, too, want to fill in the dead time on test day. I think I will add crossword and word finding. It will reinforce the terminology and keep my students from getting on their computers and surfing the web or their cell phones and texting.
Carmela, yes, this is a focused way to keep the learners on taks with class and not their social activities.
Michele Deck
We have a med term book that comes with an interactive CD where they do cross word puzzles and play hang man. I do this in class as a review a lot. It really seems to help the students learn and stay focused.
Elizabeth, using these tools as part of class assignments goes a long way in reinforcing content.
Michele Deck
My students enjoy the puzzles to help with memorizing class content especially vocabulary words. I will definately utilize the games mentioned to help my students with the more "dry and difficult" pathology they have trouble studying.
Sandra, thank you for sharing your plans to use several of the activities suggested in this course.
Michele Deck
