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Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers.

Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers. Lynn A. Null Child Development Program Director/ Instructor Western Oklahoma State College lynn.null@wosc.edu. Course Outcomes Guide (COG): What do you want the students to know and be able to do when they leave your course?

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Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers.

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  1. Tips, Tricks, and Technology Tools for Teachers. Lynn A. Null Child Development Program Director/ Instructor Western Oklahoma State College lynn.null@wosc.edu

  2. Course Outcomes Guide (COG): What do you want the students to know and be able to do when they leave your course? • List teaching tools you use for each course. • Use a variety of instructional methods. Planning With Purpose

  3. Online Readiness Survey • Have empathy for students having challenges with technology • Online orientation • Interactivity is the heart and soul of effective online learning. Are Your Students Ready for Online Learning?

  4. Get to know your students. Students are our number one priority!! • Respond to questions promptly • Send weekly reminders for those students who are MIA • Place phone calls to students who are not participating • Be available for students • Provide on going regular feedback. Grade assignments on a regular basis. • Small amounts of information- chunking Learning is More Important than Technology

  5. What does a course actually look like? Resources that can be added to an online course? • Videos • Examples • Activities • Lectures • Calendar • Assignments • Introduction Activities • Course Audio • VoiceThread • Jeopardy • Syllabus • Readings • Discussion Topics • PowerPoint • Lifesaver/Panic button! • Linking to Resources • Dimdim Web Meeting • Avatar Methodology

  6. The best exercise for the brain is exercise. • The brain is pattern seeking and survival oriented. • Connections on the outside with others build neural connections on the inside. • The brain functions optimally when the student feels safe. Conscious Discipline Dr. Becky Bailey Brain Smart Principles

  7. Warm Up/ Introduction Activity • Develop Classroom Guidelines (Confidentiality, Go Out on a Limb, Suspend Certainty) • Songs to Connect • Greetings • Jobs (Assign jobs for each student) • Ways To Be Helpful • Celebration!! • We Care • Journals • Friends and Family Board Creating a Learning Environment

  8. Dream!! If you could do anything you want in your course, what would that be? • This is where the Instructional Designer comes in real handy. • KISS- Keep it simple silly Be consistent throughout the course. The Power of Vision

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