Monday, January 30, 2017

Digital Blog Post #C

First, I found one-on-one tutoring interesting because it is a great instructional method to engage students. I believe that one on one tutoring is the best way for a student to learn. The reason is that a student has no distractions to keep him from interacting. As a teacher you can only do so much to make sure your students understand the material and aren't falling behind. For example, athletes have one coach watch them but the also has the watch the other 30 player too and only has a certain amount of time that he can spent with each player. But a personal trainer can do much more because they spent more time with the player and get to know their weakness and strengths and try to build on them.
Second, I found internet literacy an important topic because it is something that college student need. I believe that teachers need to teach students about internet literacy before they get to college because it is one of the most important thing they need to know when they are writing a research paper or term paper. Many students struggle with this topic when they get to college for the reason that they believe that everything that they find on google is correct and reliable information. They need to learn about the library databases. There is a lot of information out there but we just need to find the right one. For example, the Fsw database is great for research papers.
Third, group work is something the can be added into projects, presentations,  and class assignments. Group work helps the teacher spread out the work among the groups so the teacher doesn't have to teacher each student how to complete the assignment. The students can also help each other figure out the problem since some students are better at certain task than others. Students are able to collaborate in different way during group work. It is important that all of the students are contributing and not just one student is doing all the work.
In conclusion, it is important for students to learn to work together and collaborate new ideas with each other. The best way to help a struggling student is one on one tutoring. As a  teacher you have to keep things interesting for you students.
Resources

Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc. 

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