The Janney Journal

If you’re a teacher, more than likely, you’ve been there...a professional development where you just had to “sit and get.” You leave the training with a headache and maybe even thinking about how much information was just thrown at you. I’m willing to bet, there are not a lot of people who like to learn this way...I know first graders don’t for sure! via GIPHY Let’s face it...gone are the days where we can only teach using the “traditional method” (Nanquil, 2019). Nanquil continues to say that we have to adjust our instruction based on the needs of our learners. We should be designing appropriate lessons that improve the knowledge of our audience. As instructional designers, we must think about the way we present our lessons. Just like Brown and Green (2020) said, we have to get away from using activities that are comfortable just because we experienced it as students. We have to think about what will be best for our target audience. Instructional Activities There are so many instruct