Group 9 Presentation

Group 9 did their presentation on 21st century schools. They showed a video clip on how far behind the United States is in regard to 21st century skills that we should have today in this society, and how important it is to engage students by using these skills. The key for effective teaching is motivating students, if students are motivated they will have positive attitudes abouts school and will want to achieve. They also interviewed a SPED teacher and asked her how she keeps her students motivated. She said she uses a preffered item strategy. She uses it to give the students insentives to want to achieve. Teachers should also plan effective teaching by selecting topics important to all students so they will all benefit. Some essential teaching skills they mentioned were organization, focus, feedback, and caring. I think these are all very important, but the one that really sticks out to me is caring because I think it's so crucial in creating a great learning enviorment is letting your students know you care. Group 9 did a great job introducing some great ways to keep students motivated and creating an effective teaching style.