Wk.7’s Community Building

I am going to continue with the discussion from my last post – to build a fun-filled learning environment, for this fosters community.

It all starts with building a rapport between students and teacher and students with other students. Pilar’s video presentation’s suggestion about contacting students before the class begins is a good idea. Also, I like that it is not only the visual aspect of it but the audio as well. Students are able to connect to the person that will be leading the class in a fuller manner than just with black and white texts only. Of course, introducing yourself as the instructor and giving some personal information like family, hobbies, and likes and dislikes give a personal touch. The sight, sound, and emotion factors are evoked. Now, we have trust. From then we can begin a class with leadership, with the instructor setting the tone for the classroom environment.