Oral and Visual Communication in the Classroom

Oral and Visual Communication in the Classroom

I thought that the NES pages of the assignment were extremely helpful in trying to find different ways as a teacher to get the students to listen in a positive way that benefits them and everyone else around them. Something that I took out of this reading was to focus on transitions. The text says that students should be able to listen to different transitions between ideas, but that can get difficult when it comes to reading because it is more linear than circular like in a classroom discussion. Something that can help when it comes to this is to take a minute after each central idea of the text or the discussion and to have the class get into small groups and kind of outline what they heard or what they read. I feel like getting into smaller groups to do this rather than doing it by oneself will help the students get MORE from what they read/heard. Also, I feel like this overall technique is just like 'active reading' in helping the students process the ideas and the information being taught, without jumping right into a new topic without actually processing what has been taught. Another good technique that would help with this process is to have the students orally retell the topic of the conversation. This can also be done in a group and can actually be fun. Students can use different tools like white boards, laptops, and other devices to come up with a small presentation to present to the classroom in groups which I believe can really help in not only getting the class involved but also in learning different ways to interpret the information. Overall, I think that this technique is definitely something that I will be including in my future classroom.