Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Benefits Of An Interactive Classroom

By Heidi Carver


Learning in a classroom will be more effective if everybody has interaction. It will be great if teachers are not the only ones who will do the talking. It would be great if their pupils can also talk and can interact with other students while learning.

Schools have developed many learning strategies for this. They have thought about having an interactive classroom. It was a nice idea as it gave a lot of benefits in making students learn more on what has been taught to them.

This idea is much better than having a traditional classroom. It does not limit the scope of subjects being learned. Learners are allowed to actively participate in the class using various techniques. The following are the benefits of having it in a school.

A learner can learn about the subject at a rate he is capable of. Because he studies at his own rate, he can prepare for some extracurricular activities. Learners could just study faster at a topic which they understand and study slowly on a topic which they find difficult. By doing this, faster learners will not be delayed by other students who finds that topic challenging. Teachers will then add new topics if the student is ready.

It would be an advantage for the school in having reduced operation expenses. They could save money on utility bills as their students do not have to be in the classroom always. The school could then use these rooms to teach classes which they could not teach interactively. There are some schools which allow learners and teachers to meet online during a bad weather. The student does not need to go to school and, thus, save on transportation.

In this type of learning, the traditional board is set up online. These boards can include message threads which have been set up by the teacher. Learners can use this thread to post their questions and participate in a discussion. Students can work and answer other questions regardless of their location. They also have an option to use a chat room if ever they wanted to discuss something real time.

If the teacher is not proficient on some topics, they should utilize this learning style to teach their student. It can give pupils a lesson for a subject. If schools do not have some concept model for their subjects, it can provide software programs which are capable of making them.

Another thing is that it motivates a student to improve his communication skills. He would be motivated to do this so he can be more active during discussions. It would make him have more confidence when talking to others. It would make it easy for him to express his ideas on the subjects.

Having this type of learning, learners would develop their critical thinking and communication skills. It would not limit them as to what is just available in the classroom. It provides a lot of sources for the subjects if they wanted to learn more about it. It would be a good training for them to be prepared for the real world.




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