Importance of Focusing In the Era of Distraction

How to be able to we refocus the energy from knocking pencils dropping out of the seats, constant talking and scribbling into constructive learning experience? Student life is a very precarious time which needs to be utilized for fortifying for better professional prospects. Following are some tried and tested methods for re-directing student energy and retrieving focus

 

• Instead of a teacher’s voice other noisemakers like chimes and bells can capture the student’s attention and create a positive habitual retort.

• Figure out calming strategies for angry or hyper students.

• Make quiet the pen tapper with a sponge back.

• Use natural lighting like sunlight, floor light bulbs etc to create a soothing effect and increase productivity.

• Play instrumental music in classrooms, auditoriums and cafeterias only during recess times to enhance learning. Don’t forget to turn off the music once you start teaching.

• Encourage students who like drawings and sketching, to illustrate the notes with drawings. This will make learning, an amusing trip for them!

• Keep multihued pens and pencils in the classroom for calming students. Coloring the outline calls for focus and coloring from inside unlocks creativity.

• Students can utilize colorful pencils to doodle after they finish a test rather than distracting others.

• If students are getting wriggly ask them to stand and draw out.

• Ask them to stand and buy a ticket to be seated again by revising a question or paraphrasing.

 

These are only a few methods to build focus to channelize student energy into something worthwhile. A very essential thing while dealing with children is that they are restless and lose focus quickly so you as a teacher have to come up with practical ideas to keep their concentration power high so that they score better in school and at home. Teach them novel facts with reinforcement lessons.