Guest Blogger Walter Riker旨在成为讲师的意义

我很高兴能够在沃尔特·克利克尔俄亥俄河谷的新视野中转向今天的博客。沃尔特是我见过的最多产的博主之一，是我开始博客的主要原因之一（所以现在你知道你责怪）。沃尔特让每个人都有一个关于成为教练的内容的洞察力。软件或技术教练的困难位置之一是了解人们可以与他/她正在教学的软件做些什么的未来潜力，并对学生提供兴奋。你必须知道学生的位置以及他们想要（或不得不）的想法。您是导师/教练/老师以及分析师/心理学家和部分艺人。我拥有的困难之一是“培训师”一词是根据定义的“培训师”教导了某人（或某事）“技能”，这表示做一个重复的事件并学习它很好，可以做到这一点没有思考，这不是软件或技术教练的工作。我们不是“培训师”，因为我说我们是教师，教练，导师，教练，但不是“培训师”。培训并不总是引入概念，理论和潜在应用程序，以便学生可以开始可视化额外的方法来将该工具使用或使用它来解决问题。 Pavlov was a trainer - we are not that. We present a tool that each person in the classroom could potentially use in a different way. Some are learning and are not sure of what they will be called on in the future to do with these tools. They need to learn basics however they also need to know where or what they could potentially use this for. We do not train people; you "train" horses, you train athletes’, we explain, show, and guide people on using a product in many different ways. By teaching we impart knowledge to somebody. We try to make the student understand something with the objective being that they can go back to their workspace and translate what they have learned into a useful application in their own environment with their own creative abilities. When teaching Word I have students who are there to learn how to put a report together for the stockholders. I have students who are there to learn how to write a book, a business letter or a resume. Some need to know how to do a Table of Contents; others just need to know how format paragraphs. It is our job to expose them to all these things as it expands their knowledge for future possibilities. One of the definitions of Teaching was; to bring understanding of something to somebody, especially through experience. I think that when people begin to understand something then they can apply that in many different ways. This is a very important part of the job. One note: I said in the first paragraph that teachers/instructors are part entertainers. If the learning experience is not pleasant it may not succeed. You do not have to be a comedian but you have to be knowledgeable, pleasant (as in smiling) and open to questions. In other words you have to welcome people, not be afraid of them. Be positive, be enthusiastic, be concerned, be open, be there and be aware. Each class is different and our ability to adjust is important.