Author: Northwestern Publishing House
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Letter From the Editor—Encouraging Results From the Remote Sunday School Program
Dear Brothers in Christ’s service, Attempts at nurturing the faith of the children in our congregations during these COVID-troubled times have uncovered a number of challenges. How do we continue to teach the children when our facility is too small for social distancing; or when people are uncomfortable sending their children even though we are…
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Four—Connecting Student and Content
As Jesus was leaving the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look what impressive stones these are, and what impressive buildings!” Jesus said to him, “Do you see these large buildings? There will not be one stone here left on top of another. They will all be thrown down.” (Mark 13:1,2)…
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Three—Connecting Student and Content
Last month, we talked about using videos to deliver content—a technique that can be employed in both face-to-face and remote learning situations. We’re talking here about brief, three- to five-minute bursts of information delivered via video. When the teacher uses video to deliver content, he or she gains a number of potential benefits: Efficiency of…
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Using Tech to Create Connections, Part Two—Connecting Student and Content
I used to be of the opinion that I was a little more of a serious thinker than many people because I read Atlantic Monthly, a serious, old-school magazine with page after page of block text. No pictures ever. Nope, no pictures for this guy because things like pictures, photos, images, diagrams, or charts—those were…
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Using Tech to Create Connections—Connecting Teacher and Student
We’ve all seen people type things at a keyboard that they would never say in person. We’ve all seen parents ignore their children or spouses ignore each other because their screens commanded their attention instead. We’ve all seen the criticism of remote learning and its difficulty in replicating the personal interaction that the face-to-face classroom…
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The Four Tools: Research
If you want the highest activity by each learner, what is your go-to tool? It’s research. Research is the fourth, and final, tool in our educator’s toolbox. Past articles have dealt with Lecture, Question/Answer (Questions, Open Questions, and Bad Answers), and Group Work.) What do we mean by research? When we hear the word “research,”…
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The Four Tools: Group Work
In past articles we’ve dealt with the first two tools in the adult educators’ toolbox: Lecture and Question/Answer (Questions, Open Questions, and Bad Answers). Today we’ll consider tool #3, Group Work. Why use group work? Let’s imagine that there is a woman who is pregnant for the first time, and she’s wondering what childbirth itself…
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How Do I Deal With Bad Answers
Likely you’ve experienced it. You’ve asked a question, and the answer which has come back at you is . . . well . . . really bad. How does a teacher handle that situation? Before we begin, let’s realize one thing: The teacher of the Word doesn’t have to feel conscience-bound to confront or correct…