Group Discussions and Being the Guide on the Side NOT the Sage on the Stage

As my expertise with computers in the classroom expanded, I found myself teaching staff development in-services and additional qualifications courses for teachers on the skills that I had acquired. From almost the beginning, I used online discussions on various topics related to the courses to enable students to understand how the discussions worked and to make it possible for interactions asynchronously throughout the course. I always used to tell my students that the time would come when they would have to use these skills in their careers as teachers and sure enough, that time has come along, BIG TIME! But there are skills involved in helping students to find their voices online and then sharing those voices with others. Listen to my podcast to learn more.