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bandwidth limitations and the dominance of text

can not use their presence and their classroom skills to get their point across. Nor can they use their oral skills to improvise on the spot to deal with behavior problems or educational opportunities.

Directions for every assignment must be spelled out in a logical, self-contained way

elective affinities

nce confined to tech geeks and online gaming enthusiasts, Second Life and other similar sites have become the ultimate training and modeling tools for health care organizations. Hospitals and medical schools use Second Life to conduct courses, simulate doctor/patient visits, and test innovative designs for emergency rooms and medical clinics.

Second Life is once again proving that it’s a good training tool this time for teaching law enforcement to recognize a meth lab when they see it. This clandestine setup is secreted away on top a flying dirigible. That’s not really a challenge when players can fly.

as much about passion as it is about reason

Good teaching is about substance and treating students as consumers of knowledge.

listening, questioning, being responsive, and remembering that each student and class is different.

modate the student's preferred learning style How quickly and well a student learns depends not only on his or her intelligence and prior education, but also on the student's learning style preference. Visual learners gain knowledge best by seeing or reading what you are trying to teach; auditory learners, by listening;and tactile or psychomotor learners, by doing. You can improve your chances for teaching success if you assess your patient's preferred learning style, then plan teaching activities and use teaching tools appropriate to that style. To assess a student's learning style, observe the student, administer a learning style inventory, or simply ask the student how he or she learns best. You can also experiment with different teaching tools, such as printed material, illustrations, videotapes, and actual equipment, to assess learning style. Never assume, though, that your student can read well -- or even read at all.

Good social skills are critical to successful functioning in life.

good social skills can influence their academic performance, behavior, social and family relationships, and involvement in extracurricular activities. Social skills are also linked to the quality of the school environment and school safety.

is typically perceived as two educational professionals working together to service a group of heterogeneous learners. The most common teams of educators found to engage in co-teaching relationships are:

o-teaching

meet a wide range of learners more effectively

a way of knowing, a method for developing an understanding about the relationships of peoples and events in the past.

his book demolishes the conventional notion that there is one true history and one best way to teach it.

Sam Wineburg says that we are asking the wrong questions.

performance

A few students indicated it was hard to have discussions when they did not know with whom they were discussing. One student said, “It was weird because I was having this online in-depth discussion with someone I had never seen before, and it felt a little creepy.”

In general, the more contact between students and faculty both inside and outside the classroom, the greater the student development and satisfaction

"When using active learning students are engaged in more activities than just listening. They are involved in dialog, debate, writing, and problem solving, as well as higher-order thinking, e.g., analysis, synthesis, evaluation."

A child in the preoperational stage could not be taught to understand the liquid volume experiment; she does not possess the mental structure of a child in concrete operations.

acquisition of meta-cognition (thinking about thinking

assimilation