A TEACHING TECHNIQUE- US vs. THEM

It exists everywhere between many different groups, sometimes it exists on the conscious level, sometimes sub-consciously. Consider these groups, tall people vs. short people, bald people vs. people with long hair, Blondes vs. brunettes, and TEAC… Continue

In case you are too young to know, Cecil B. Demille was a Legendary Movie director who is known for the most exciting productions in movies. (This was before CGI, special computer effects).

This technique works best if you have a digital camera or a video camera. (You can now buy one th… Continue

Teaching Technique-Make students like your classThe question you obvious have is, HOW?
Consider this, if you went bowling for the first time and threw gutter balls every time. After it was over, you would probably say, “I don’t like bowling!”
If you played golf for the first time and couldn’t even hit the ball. You just hit dirt and missed the ball every time, you would probably say, “Golf is not right for me!”
If you went to archery range for the first time and hit the center of the targ… Continue

TEACHING TECHNIQUE-THE TEAM

The concept of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy taught me, “What you say is what you get”.
Here is the TEAM technique. First, start calling the groups of students you teach classes and call them teams. That is your first period class is a team, the second period a team etc.) You may choose to call them Learning Teams. Let each team choose a motto, a hand shake, a hand sign, a team song, you get the idea.
What makes a team? A common goal, of course. But what visual makes… Continue

TEACHING TECHNIQUE – THE VISITOR

All the techniques will not work for all classes. But some are really worth trying. This one really worked for me. I think it worked because it made the students realize
I REALLY CARED

Here it is. I informed my students that I was taking classes every night (and in the summer) working on my doctorate degree. I explained to them that had I spoken positively about them in each of my classes because I was really proud of them. I told them I talked about them so mu… Continue