Reflection of The Trigger Video. Sumit Tripathi

In this video the lady with her daughter looks suspicious about the man. Mainly because of his looks. The man in the video seems to be an Indian and he looks calm and pleasant. He is wearing his traditional attire she thought that he is bringing some unwanted things. The Man walked slowly. He looked at her and she got afraid.

As per about my view about the next  , I think that man with the bag has something wrong such as drugs, stolen money, and I guess that the cop might arrest the Asian man but the Criminal would be the other man shown in the video.

Sumit Tripathi

Trainer

ACF-SEDI

FACILITATOR SKILLS AND TIPS

FACILITATOR SKILLS AND TIPS

Here are a few more points to remember that will help to maximize your role as a facilitator:

DON'T MEMORIZE A SCRIPT

Even with a well-prepared agenda and key points you must make, you need to be flexible and natural. If people sense that you are reading memorized lines, they will feel like they are being talked down to, and won't respond freely.

WATCH THE GROUP'S BODY LANGUAGE

Are people shifting in their seats? Are they bored? Tired? Looking confused? If folks seem restless or in a haze, you may need to take a break, or speed up or slow down the pace of the meeting. And if you see confused looks on too many faces, you may need to stop and check in with the group, to make sure that everyone knows where you are in the agenda and that the group is with you.

ALWAYS CHECK BACK WITH THE GROUP

Be careful about deciding where the meeting should go. Check back after each major part of the process to see if there are questions and that everyone understands and agrees with decisions that were made.

SUMMARIZE AND PAUSE

When you finish a point or a part of the meeting process, sum up what was done and decided, and pause for questions and comments before moving on. Learn to "feel out" how long to pause -- too short, and people don't really have time to ask questions; too long, and folks will start to get uncomfortable from the silence.

BE AWARE OF YOUR OWN BEHAVIOR

Take a break to calm down if you feel nervous or are losing control. Watch that you're not repeating yourself, saying "ah" between each word, or speaking too fast. Watch your voice and physical manner. (Are you standing too close to folks so they feel intimidated, making eye contact so people feel engaged?) How you act makes an impact on how participants feel.

OCCUPY YOUR HANDS

Hold onto a marker, chalk, or the back of a chair. Don't play with the change in your pocket!

WATCH YOUR SPEECH

Be careful you are not offending or alienating anyone in the group. Use swear words at your own risk!

USE BODY LANGUAGE OF OUR OWN

Using body language to control the dynamics in the room can be a great tool. Moving up close to a shy, quiet participant and asking them to speak may make them feel more willing, because they can look at you instead of the big group and feel less intimidated. Also, walking around engages people in the process. Don't just stand in front of the room for the entire meeting.

DON'T TALK TO THE NEWSPRINT, BLACKBOARD OR WALLS--THEY CAN'T TALK BACK!

Always wait until you have stopped writing and are facing the group to talk.

Regards,

Sumit Tripathi

Trainer

ACF-SEDI

Understanding how your learners learn, is your success !

 VARK Theory

Probably the easiest to understand and implement in your training programme. This theory is based on the FOUR main learning preferences your learners will have.

VISUAL - learners who would like to see it on the whiteboard, flip charts, walls, graphics, pictures, colour. They are probably your creative students, love using different colours in their workbooks, want to make their pages look pretty etc

AUDITORY - learners who would like to sit back and listen. They don't make a lot of notes

READ/WRITE - learners who need to read the information for themselves and they take a lot of notes

KINESTHETIC - learners who can not sit still for long, like to fiddle with things.They like to be actively involved in their learning.

It is important that you understand your own learning preference as you will be delivering in that preference as well. Click here to find a VARK questionnaire and more info on VARK. If your preferred learning style is visual, you will deliver in a very visual way as that suits you, but does it suit your learners? When planning your session, check that your delivery techniques have covered all of the above preferences otherwise some students are missing out on learning opportunities.

Please note that the VARK model is also known as VAK however many educators prefer to have the R added to the model.

In the Revision section the need for repetition has been explained. On average you will need to repeat information that you want learners to retain at least 6 times. So if you cover all of the above learning preferences you automatically cover the same material 4 times already.

Now have a look at your preferred learning preference and the way you deliver as a facilitator

As a VISUAL Learner  I  prefer	As a AUDITORY Learner, I prefer
to use colourful posters and illustrations to use an OHP or PowerPoint to use the Internet to use video/DVD/Television to use graphics, diagrams, pictures to use a range of different colour pens students to produce posters/brochures Don't like using workbooks or organise any practical experiencing by the students as it is all nicely displayed around the room.	to use my voice to explain things to use a lot of group discussion to use role play activities to tell stories and jokes to use music in the training room to have learners do presentations verbal revision Why organise a lot of paper work as it is just as easy to discuss every thing with the students.
As a READ/WRITE Learner, I prefer	As a KINESTHETIC Learner, I prefer
to read from workbooks to provide handouts to give written activities to do to write important words on whiteboard to have closed book tests written tests/exams/quizzes All the information is in the book, so no need to arrange extra activities or create diagrams etc.	students to experience for themselves to use stories and metaphors to make students do all the work the spend little time behind the desk to use up beat music in the room to demonstrate open book tests Why spend type reading and writing while students learn so much more by experiencing.

Hopefully, you have identified yourself.  Now of course it is possible that you are strong in more than ONE learning preference. This is called Multi Modal and your students can be multi modal as well.

But now imagine that you have a very strong Kinesthetic preference and your class preference is 80% Read/Write. How do you think you feel if none of the students like to get involved in your practical delivery? You probably call the students boring while the students dislike coming to your class because they have to do all these activities, while all they want to do is read the book and write an essay!I

f you have done the VARK test today, I encourage you to do it again in 6 months time. Most trainers preferences seem to shift as they learn to appreciate the other learning preferences, especially if you were very strong in just one, you will find as you start getting better at incorporating all 4 that you become more Multi Modal. What ever you are, be assured there is no good or bad preference. It is an awareness that will help you with your delivery and ultimately your classroom management.

Training room application

For the VISUAL Learners , I need to	For the AUDITORY Learners , I need to
use lots of colour provide interactive handouts draw diagrams, pictures, flow charts ask students to create posters and charts use visual aids like DVD, OHP use photographs etc for illustration use mind maps	explain everything verbally provide class discussion time organise group discussions provide group work activities do group presentations Think-Pair-Share brainstorm with groups read from the workbook
For the READ/WRITE Learners, I need to	For the KINESTHETIC Learners, I need to
allow students to read from the book use the whiteboard a lot use written case studies ask students to write journals/essays do written quizzes do written revision make written logical lists	provide role play activities use three dimensional models have fiddly toys on tables have "get of your seat" activities use up-beat music during activities have learners prepare presentations

From the above table you will find that one activity could cater for different learners at the same time. The small group activity could be: read page 10-20, create a poster summarising the contents and present to the class.

• Visual - create the poster- they probably do all the creative stuff, and want to use lots of colour
• Auditory - need to listen as ideas are put forward as to what to put on the poster. Will listen to the presentation
• Read/Write - will actually read the pages and feedback to the rest of the group. Will want to do the writing on the poster
• Kinesthetic - will put the presentation together and want to make it fun

Sumit Tripathi

Trainer

ACF-SEDI

Jaitaran ( Raj )

Class room set up needs to be an invitation to learn.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge.  For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create" - Albert Einstein.

Think back to training sessions you have attended yourself. Which training session do your remember with pleasure, the one that had a boring class room set up with just tables and chairs or the classroom set up that looked inviting, vibrant, colourful and looked as if it was going to be a lot of fun?

Knowledge Base Central  lives by the motto: "What we learn with pleasure, we never forget".

You will thank yourself for spending time on setting up your room creatively so it looks like an invitation to learn. When your learners walk into the room, they should be thinking: 'yeah this look great, I don't mind being here today, wonder what we are going to do '.

These are the things you need to consider:

The preferred learning styles of your learners

If you don't know the learning styles of your students, use the VARK model and consider the activities you have planned to cater for each learning style. 

Will you need props for the Kinesthetic learners? What are they going to be? Have them out on the desks before they come in and you immediately have some "imagination" going as they will wonder what the props are going to be used for.

What about your Visual learners? They want to see colour in the room, posters on the walls, flip chart paper, felt tips on the desks.

What about your Reader and writers? They want to walk into the room and see immediately that there will be opportunities for them to write. Have the writing pad and pens on the desk, flip chart on the walls with only the heading written up etc.

For your audio learners, use music when they walk in. This will not only please the audio learners but everybody will be energised and motivated especially if you theme the music to the topic you are teaching.  If this is hard to find, use something up beat and motivational to put everybody in good spirits.

Table and chair set up

This really depends on what you are teaching and how many people you have in your group. There are several classroom set ups you should consider.

• Class room: think back to primary and high school and you will get the picture. Individual desks and chairs all facing forward. Probably not your favourite set up, as this is not very inviting for adult learners who might not have a favourable memories of their school days. It also stops interaction between learners and it makes you, the facilitator, the most authoritative person.
   
• Groups: fantastic set up as you can make the groups from 4 to 8 depending what you want the groups to do. For group discussion keep the groups small, so it is easier for everybody to participate as in larger groups the shy learners will not be as confidence to speak up. However if you want the group to prepare an interactive presentation, six to eight people is ideal as you will have a mixture of learning styles who can all express themselves in their own way. Having a group set it ,also makes it easy for you to walk around the room and give each group individual attention.
   
• Shape: is very popular when teaching a lot of technical contents. Everybody can see you and the white board, but they are still able to easily interact with people next to them and across from them. It is also great that you can walk inside the U-shape and keep an eye on each individual student.
   
• Chairs and tables: think about it, do you always need tables and chairs. For 90% of the time, probably yes but if you are working with a young bunch of learners, take away the barriers of tables and chairs, push them to the side and let them make themselves comfortable on the floor. Some will sit down, some will lie down, some will pull over a chair. Accept whatever their preference is. Perhaps you just want to start like this for an icebreaker/warm up activity and than ask them to set you the room in groups. As long as your learners are learning does it really matter if it happens behind a desk? Try it, step away from tradition, as long as you are happy joining them on the floor as well. Why not organise some beanbags or large cushions for some added comfort.
   
• Just chairs in semi circle: another way of putting the barrier of a desk to the side.  Perhaps you just want to talk to them, do some closed book revision, or explain what task you want them to complete.This is also great if you want to create a group discussion.
   
• Role play: if you are teaching selling skills, communication skills or customer service skills etc that require the students to practice by doing a role play, think about your class room set up desks and chairs. You could have just one table and a chair on either side. Put props on the desks to make it relevant to their subject.

Wall space

Use the wall space. Very often the wall in a training room can look very bland. Again put thought into how you can use this space and use them as a learning tool for your students.

• Posters: do you have any posters relevant to what you are teaching as this will create an instant atmosphere
• Flip chart paper: stick sheets around the room with the bare minimum written on them. Use them during your session to get the students up and ask them to write on them. You could create a cross word on them or a "hangman" game to create some intrigue. You could write key words/principles/definitions on them as this would give your learners an instant feeling of what is going to be learnt today. During the day they can look round the room and reflect what they mean.
• Laminated signs: Any words, abbreviations, definitions etc they need to learn during the session, have them displayed on laminated signs and use them during the day. Like for the flip chart paper, students can check their learning during the day and feel good about themselves as they did not know the meaning of these signs at the start of the day. Use laminated pictures, symbols , cartoon type figures.
• Props: Use props on your wall to create a bit of fun and intrigue and it will create an inviting learning environment.

White board

Good use of the white board (or flip chart if no whiteboard is available) is an essential tool to open up the learners minds.  First of all use as much colour as you can, use oranges, pinks, purples, lime green and yellow for drawing on the board. Use the traditional black, red, and blue for the important information and while writing during the session. It is important that on the left or right hand side of the board you summarise what is going to be covered in today's session.

TIP: Have you used a permanent marker pen on a whiteboard and could not get it off?

There is absolutely no reason to panic. Stay calm and composed. Pick up a whiteboard marker and a tissue , write over the permanent marker pen word and rub out with your tissue. Do little sections at the time if you discovered it after you wrote an entire essay on the board. If you don't believe this simple trick, why don't you and try it right now in a discrete corner of your whiteboard.

Sumit Tripathi

Trainer

ACF-SEDI

Jaitaran ( Raj)

Learner Contract

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