Hi to all

Any tips for a newbie?

Thanx in advance…

It won’t, and I think it shouldn’t – the butterflies before class to go away that is!

I get something like stage fright when it comes to Adobe Connect. I hope it will pass over soon!

hello everyone

Dear Learners,
I’m Arsalan Mureed.
I have done my CELTA from university of Cambridge,UK & i have got comprehensive & relevant experience of 4 years.
I want to improve the speaking power of students , in order to make their english strong.
I look forward to hear from you all, wish you best of luck.
Best Regards,
Arsalan Mureed
CELTA degree holder.

Skype : arsalanmureed
Contact : arsalanmureed@yahoo.com
mobile : +923337855817

If you’ve ever found yourself walking into the auditorium, or perhaps the boardroom or conference area and felt your heart beating a little faster, with a discernible thump-thump, thump-thump, and your brain both a little less sharp than it should be and stuck in a minor time warp; if you’ve ever felt moistness in your palms or around the collar and your face a bit flushed, then congratulations! Either you have a horrible disease or you have the #1 fear on the planet!

Public Speaking!

Some say it is more feared than death. If you have this fear you share it with millions and millions of people. Many people suffering from fear of public speaking believe that they are alone in feeling so frightened. The truth is that most people just don’t want to talk about their fear of being in front of a group.

Called by many names – stage fright, speech anxiety, shyness, fear of speaking, performance anxiety, and speech phobia fear of public speaking can have a negative effect on careers and the ability to get things done. I have spoken with many people who’s fears related to incidents in high school or college speech classes.

You see, when a person has a negative experience, the brain can link the negative feelings associated with that experience to other similar experiences. A person could have a momentary feeling of panic during a speech and the brain thinks “Aha, here’s a dangerous situation. I know because I feel panic. How do I keep myself from getting in this dangerous situation again? I know, I’ll attach the feeling of panic to it – that’ll stop me.” This is one of the primary ways that humans learn – by attaching emotions to situations. The trick is to break the linkage in the mind between the context of public speaking and the fear.

So, if you would like to conquer this horrible fear of public speaking, then please sign up today!

Also, please feel free to put your ideals on public speaking below and let’s really see how many people are scared to death of it!

Hello Lisa and Cao! Welcome to EduFire!

Also, that famous “Give me liberty or give me death!” line, was in a speech by Patrick Henry in a court meeting on March 23, 1775. Just saying… :)

bummer, that’s 1 AM in my time zone :(

great offer though

Marian

Mair, you know me only too well.

Not much to say Maria as Mair has covered it.

“Classes”, as in lessons for groups of students cannot be created on the same day as they need time to fill up. You wanting to create one 15 mins appears as though you were wanting to create it for a student? Again as Mair said, if this is the case then the student should go to your profile page and click on the big orange button that reads “Request Tutoring”.

Incidentally, as you’re a teacher, you don’t see this button on your page or that of any other teacher, but it is there.

If you need any other help please do ask.

Hi Jeremiah,
what exactly are you trying to show on youTube? If you need to upload a screencast (meaning you are filming your computer monitor) maybe I can help.
Just make sure you use an appropriate resolution when capturing the video and use zoom to show details. youTube now has also HD video but I would not recommend that for a screencast. What I usually do is to zoom in to the details that I want to show and convert it using my iMac to a Quicktime mp4 format. That works very well with youTube.

Marian

Hello Lisa and welcome to eduFire!

Hi Lisa! Welcome to eduFire!
Yes, Ron is great (but don’t tell him ;)).

Well done, The White Prince!

That would be great! Maybe once we have more categories for classes, they can be matched in the flash cards section too?