what are the advantages and the disadvantages of using stick pupeets in teaching?
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Well, alot of times students will associate well with puppets because puppets are visuals and visual learning is the best kind.  But there are two sides to this..\n\nIn some instances, students will react positively to the visual learning through stick puppets, it will help them listen because they will want to pay attention to the puppet and hear what the puppet has to say.\n\nOn the other hand, it could backfire.  Students may see the puppets and react negatively towards them.  Seeing the puppet may distract the students or cause them to not pay attention to what the puppet is saying because they are too busy focusing on the puppet's movements and the way the puppet looks.\n\nThose are both sides, but you never know how your students might react, so perhaps it would be a fun experiment to give the puppet idea a try and see what happens.  Good luck!
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Role playing is a good technique.\n\nYou can use informal writing at the beginning of class to determine preconceptions students hold about a topic and then have them share their opinions.\n\nCrossword puzzles can be devised and used to help your students learn the vocabulary of the subject.\n\nStrive to create a warm and open atmosphere and mix in a little humor.
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http://www.stickdeath.com\nhttp://www.thesmartass.info/\nhttp://www.atomfilms.com/\nhttp://www.youtube.com\nhttp://www.guba.com
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I'm sure someone's said this but:\n\nTake a yardstick.  Hold in the air, vertically.  Have your test subject put their hands out as if they were grabbing a falling yardstick.  Make sure then end of the stick is even with their hands.  Tell them to grab the yardstick as soon as they see it falling.  Drop stick.  Check the number under the hand they grabbed it with.  Record results and repeat for accuracy.
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How you arrange your room is very important.  The environment can be another teacher.  children can learn from the set-up.  They can learn indepedence by the way things are set up-they can get their own toys and art supplies out.  \n\nIf you put your circle time area in the same area as a lot of toys this can be a distraction to the children.  \n\nJust look at things from their level and trial and error will work well for you
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stick_figure here is a start
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I'm a teacher, too, and I like some of these ideas.  I made cartoony looking fruit faces on my color printer with the kids' names and laminated them and put holes in the top with a string.  I then put a plate with real fruits on it on each table (mine were square-not that it matters) Some of the fruits were cut up.  As children came into the room, I put the fruit necklaces on them and told them they had to find their new "bowl" and not to touch.  Everyone who "played nice" and followed all the rules got to share in the fruity snacks!  Now,  we use the necklaces on cubbies and chairs and for play teams and the like.  Other things could work with this method, too, like sports balls, cartoon characters, stuffed critters, etc.  You just need a good clip art pack!
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he he, here are some originals i did..\n\nkeep in mind, KRAZY GLUE is invisible!!!\n\nput it on a teachers chair, or if you want it to be a good one, the principals chair!!\n\nThumbTacks.\n\nplace the colored part down, and the pin facing up, and put it on a teachers chair, glue them down, and put them on the chair of a teacher who doesn't look at the chair before she looks at it. it would serve no purpose if she looks at the chair CUZ SHE AIN'T GOING TO SIT ON IT!!!!!!!!!!!!\n\n((ok enough with chairs))\n\nTV!!! most classes watch movies during the end, the last few days, or this could work if you have a tv in the classroom.\n\nGET A UNIVERSAL REMOTE, and plug in the TV when the teachers not looking, and have fun!!! remember to HIDE the remote and not make it obvious!!\n\ngo into the room before the teacher, and put OIL on the board.. ha ha, works everytime, and CONGRATZ if you do that, because you have just screwed up the board FOR EVER!!! it can't be washed, water doesn't stick to oil. It can't be written on, you cant use chalk to write on oil, it won't stick, and you can't use the eraser!!! and since you're a senior, it won't effect your edumacashun in any way (i did it on my senior year, it was a group of us, we screwed up every single board on the 5th floor. (the third floor was better, they had those white boards that use water based markers, HA HA we use PERMANENT markers and wrote "i will not screw up any more boards because the fifth floor mess is enough" and in the middle we wrote "NOBODY CARES SO STOP TALKING" )\n\nIn general, be creative, be spontaneous, but most important of all LEAVE YOUR MARK AND BE SELFISH you are NOT going to be in that school next year, so you won't be punished (if you leave no trace behind, find a group of classmates who won't rat you out, and do it in rooms that you don't have classes in)\n\nHAVE FUN!
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I can make a fun interactive penguin computer program for you (i need to make an activity for my class by Monday, myself)  I'll need to know if your students can use the mouse or access the computer in an alternative method.  Also, what are their ages and abilities and should it be more instructional, more fun, or equally both?  Also, what platform does your computer use? windows xp, OSX, etc.\nIt will be a powerpoint file, but you don't need powerpoint to be able to play it. let me know!
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i had that all through highschool. \nPROS \n1.  you spend more time in one class, so you can start and finish a lesson in one day\n2.  you get use to your students, instead of having like 6 classes of 25 students you only have 4 or so\n3. preparation of lesson plans are less\n4.  less tests/work to grade \n5.  if you have an off period it is possible that it is longer\n6.  possible to teach in one subject, more or less, you can focus on mostly english or what not\n7.  can give more 1 on 1 time to students\n8.  more time for presentations\nCONS\n1.  classes are longer\n2.  you have to change previous lesson plans to reach the time of the class period\n3.  kids get really annoying when sitting in one place so long, even 18 year olds
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I get my students to write songs.  History songs - not entertaining, but putting some of the stuff to music helps them remember.\n\nI used to use index cards - write a topic on each one and three essential points about each.
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Try here:\n\nhttp://jayisgames.com/archives/2005/12/stick_arena.php
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Stickers are earned when the player makes a good play...i.e. a sack, interception, TD reception, TD pass.\n\nNot all schools use them.  I personally don't like it.  I find it kind of distracting.
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There are many methods / strategies.  A teacher / teacher to be would be wise to learn many and be ready to implement any of them to accommodate different "learning styles."\n\nLecturing\nMini-lecture\nGroup study\nCooperative Learning\nDebates\nTextbook reading and response\nIntegrating technology\nRole Playing\nGames\nHands on activities\netc.
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There is a whiteboard contact paper available which you can stick on any hard flat surface.  Check with a teacher supply store or office supply store.
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* Easier understandablity of the subject . \n* Attractive portray of important points \n* Makes learning a lot more fun and entertaining\n* Takes away the monotony of boards and chalk pieces\n* Adds a lot of colour to the subject and in the manner of       presentation. So your mind  is always kept interested\n* you can even add sound if u want\n\nSo i think u can now guess why its so important . Dont u !!!
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My suggestion is that you create your own worksheets and with you creating your own, you will have your own answer sheet. I think teachers should be created and innovative when it come to creativity with students and in the classroom.