In your responses to your classmates, address the following:
- Share any advice or encouragement you have for your peers.
- What did you learn about nonverbal and verbal messages by reading your classmate’s post?
Some of the guidelines for effective verbal communication are to speak clearly and concisely, avoid using too much technical Jargon, and speaking with confidence. Best practices for nonverbal communication include using hand gestures properly, making good eye contact, and having good posture.
Some of the things I need to consider about the verbal delivery about my speech is the careful use of Jargon. I have chosen a fairly technical topic so I need to be careful when using jargon that I don’t over use it, and that when I do choose to use a technical term, I explain it enough to get my point across. Another thing I need to be careful with is pacing. I need to make sure that I am timing the delivery of each topic well enough that certain points are given enough time compared to others. If I breeze over one point and take my time another, my speech will feel off and some points may not come across very well.
Examples of times I might pay close attention to my nonverbal communication is both during the introduction and the conclusion. Since I wont simply be relaying information, and instead will be trying to summarize the main hitting points of the content of the speech, it will be most important to use nonverbal communication to highlight those parts of my speech.
advice or encouragement you have for your peers.
Introduction
I’m not a teacher, but I have been lucky enough to learn from some great ones. And while they had their own tips and tricks, they also gave me some of the best advice anyone could give:
Be flexible when you teach.
Flexibility is important because your students will be different every year. You need to be flexible with your teaching methods, and you should adapt them as the needs of the students change.
Don’t take yourself so seriously.
Don’t take yourself too seriously.
Laugh at yourself and make mistakes, it’s part of the learning process. If you’re not willing to do this, what are you doing here?
Try to keep a sense of humor about yourself as well! It’s easy to get so caught up in your own world that you forget that others have their own perspectives on things too. So don’t be afraid of making a joke or two when someone says something offensive about how much time they spend on social media (I’m looking at YOU). Just remember: everyone has flaws; some people might even say yours is bigger than theirs!
Try to have fun!
You’re in the classroom, and you know that your students are there to learn. That’s why it’s so important to make sure that they have fun!
It may sound obvious, but do what you can to make your lessons memorable for your students. Try new things with them—if one of them doesn’t understand something in class, try explaining it again another way or asking questions about what happened next so he/she can walk through it again with you as well (this also helps reinforce good habits). If someone has trouble writing something down on paper (or typing), let him/her use his phone instead; technology is amazing these days!
Teach in a way that benefits your students.
As a teacher, you can and should try to be the best. But this is a difficult goal when your students are all different and have different needs. You may be frustrated by the way that one student reacts to certain things in class, or how another student responds when you try to help him out with his work. It would be easy for you as an individual teacher (and maybe even your colleagues) to think about what works best for each student individually and then stick with it forever—but if this were true, then no one would learn anything! Instead of focusing on only our own preferences or ideas about what makes good teaching practice, we must look at our own biases: What do other teachers do? How are they different from us? How could their methods benefit us too?
The best teachers learn how to grow with their students and adapt their teaching methods as needed.
The best teachers learn how to grow with their students and adapt their teaching methods as needed. This means that you should be flexible when you teach, don’t take yourself so seriously, and try to have fun! You can also benefit your students by teaching in a way that benefits them.
Conclusion
Teachers are the most important role models for children. They set the tone for how children see themselves and how they treat others, so it’s important that we choose our teachers wisely. If you want to be a good teacher, then first take care of yourself and make sure you have time to teach your students well. Then, when it comes time for class next month or next year, try out some new ideas on them!