We’ve done it! We’ve recorded several of our trainings and made those videos available for anyone to watch. We’ve got several actual videos with a person talking, and then we’ve got a couple of screencasts showing how to use specific tools. Ready? You can find them all on our YouTube channel. If you would like […]
Getting Learners Ready to Learn
There’s a lesson we can learn from video game designers. They deliberately make even complicated games easy to engage in. This is called onboarding. They recognize that the most important time in any activity is the very beginning if your goal is to promote engagement. We know this from parties, too. Think about it: how […]
Is it ever okay to go over time when you’re teaching?
Is it ever okay for a teacher to go over time when he or she is teaching? The short answer? No. Warning: plain speaking ahead. This article may come across as somewhat blunt, and that is to make sure the importance of it is not lost in overly flowery language. If it applies to you, […]
Emergency Substituting in Primary
Emergency Substituting in Primary We have 9am church this year, and this morning at 8 as I finished my shower, I received a text message that asked me to substitute in Primary for a teacher who’d woken up sick. This may have happened to you in the past, and I want to share how I […]
How to Handle Class Members who Overcontribute
If you teach long enough, it will happen to you: there will be a class member who overcontributes, dominating the discussion, and sometimes taking the lesson off on an unwanted tangent. It’s tricky to handle because you don’t want to offend the person. On the other hand, unaddressed, it can ruin a class and drive […]