Post-Workshop Suggestions for All Participants
If you have participated in one of my workshops, you now have dozens of instructional strategies and learner-centered activities to use in your own teaching and training. Don't drive yourself crazy by trying to implement it all. Read through the list of suggestions below to help you transition from trainer-centered to learner-centered instruction:
1. SMALL STEPS. If you're not used to including many active learning tools take baby steps! Choose only one or two activities to practice with in each of your classes. Use the same ones a few times until you are totally comfortable with them. Then add one or two new ones to your repertoire.
2. LOW RISK FIRST. Start with the low risk activities, before moving to more high risk ones. Low risk activities are those that do not require learners to speak or present to the whole group: pair-share, think-and-write, standing survey, data hunt, shout out (they don't have to speak, if they wish), and small group discussions. Log onto the Articles link on my website at www.Bowperson.com for activity descriptions and instructions. Also, while you are there, view my newest micro-course: "How to Map Your Instruction in 4 Simple Steps."
3. TEACH IT TO OTHERS. Teach other instructors what you learned in the workshops because "you master what you teach." Do some demo lessons for other colleagues if you can, so that they can see the Accelerated Learning concepts applied to instruction. Or volunteer to do a community or church group workshop and teach others what you now know about how the brain learns best.
4. FREE MATERIALS FROM THE WORKSHOPS. If you haven't already done so, log onto my website at www.Bowperson.com and view or download all the great materials that are posted there. You will be glad you did!
1. SMALL STEPS. If you're not used to including many active learning tools take baby steps! Choose only one or two activities to practice with in each of your classes. Use the same ones a few times until you are totally comfortable with them. Then add one or two new ones to your repertoire.
2. LOW RISK FIRST. Start with the low risk activities, before moving to more high risk ones. Low risk activities are those that do not require learners to speak or present to the whole group: pair-share, think-and-write, standing survey, data hunt, shout out (they don't have to speak, if they wish), and small group discussions. Log onto the Articles link on my website at www.Bowperson.com for activity descriptions and instructions. Also, while you are there, view my newest micro-course: "How to Map Your Instruction in 4 Simple Steps."
3. TEACH IT TO OTHERS. Teach other instructors what you learned in the workshops because "you master what you teach." Do some demo lessons for other colleagues if you can, so that they can see the Accelerated Learning concepts applied to instruction. Or volunteer to do a community or church group workshop and teach others what you now know about how the brain learns best.
4. FREE MATERIALS FROM THE WORKSHOPS. If you haven't already done so, log onto my website at www.Bowperson.com and view or download all the great materials that are posted there. You will be glad you did!
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