Something that is taken for granted all too often is how teachers present their work to students.
In my Photoshop course, I teach middle schoolers a wide range of tools, techniques, tricks, and editing techniques. There's a lot of information to take in as the course progresses. So it's crucial to chunk everything into easy steps with graphics and examples of how the process is applied.
Considering this, teachers should also balance how much information they give away in the instructions. I like to give just enough info to help get the students started. They know how to create a file, find the tools, and use the window to get things going. But learning how the tools work and how to organize their project falls into place as they attempt the assignment. This is where real connections and memory is built.
Videos & Online Presence For Accessibility
This doesn't even scratch the surface of what professional educators can provide for their learners. If it helps students to learn from videos, you could also create a YouTube tutorial and link it to the digital instructions. Teachers can chunk their videos into chapters or sections as well. This means that if students get confused in the middle of the assignment they have a link they can follow to a timestamp in the teacher's video modeling the process for clarification.
I initially began designing my classes like this when the Covid 19 pandemic first hit. Since everyone was remote, I wanted my students to not only have a clear understanding of what to do for each assignment; but to also feel like I was there. See my artwork on the instructions and put the love and effort into them that I like to see students give me.
Teaching is a two-way street. if you want your students to give you their best work, sometimes you need to step up and give them yours first.
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