Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Day 7

Being well-prepared is the most important factor in communicating successfully. To prepare, a person can rehearse in several different ways. My favorite way is to rehearse in the car.  I recently sang at a two funerals and I never had a free minute at home to rehearse. So I rehearsed in the car.  My kids loved hearing me sing, so it was a good time to get in some practice time.  My first day of school lecture is in writing. I reread my notes every year and make appropriate changes. I have a power point I show along with my speech.  First impressions are very important, so I make sure that I am prepared to make the appropriate one!

Deductive reasoning has proven best for me, as the article indicates.  I have seen a few teachers use the inductive method and the audience loses some trust when that happens.  I definitely don't want to lose trust with my students.

Making a conclusion is important. I often skimp on this so I need to be more cognizant of this.

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