● Today's learners learn by:
○ Digital
○ Visuals
○ Hands-on activities
○ Peers
● Learning Styles: the diff ways of how people learn best
○ Visual: sight
○ Auditory: sound
○ Kinesthetic: touch/motion
○ Global: by knowing end result
○ Sequential: In order
○ Abstract: Can't be seen, can only be pictured in your head
○ Concrete: know it best
● MAKE IT... STICK!
○ Simple
○ Unexpected
○ Concrete
○ Credible
○ Students feel something
○ Use stories to get students to act on ideas
● Pro-tip: make a checklist for each lesson to check off each learning style
● Safe/Positive Learning Environment
○ What is in your room?: things that could be offensive, triggering
○ How are you speaking?: tone, volume
○ How is your body language?: be open, don’t fold arms
○ Interacting with students?: connections made w students = motive for students
to work hard, so get to know them, explain how you feel and why you stress
certain things/are harder on them for it
○ Modeling the “What If’s”: show them the hypotheticals so they KNOW
● Special concerns for educators:
○ Emotional concerns: depression, family stress, divorce, eating disorders,
substance abuse, neglect, suicide, self-injury
○ Chronic health conditions: long-lasting conditions, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy,
cerebral palsy, cancer, HIV/AIDS
○ Learning disabilities: disorder that affects ability to interpret what they see/hear
to link info from diff parts of the brain