24: Using Humor To Build Classroom Community with educator Don Russell

In this episode, veteran teacher and author Don Russell talks about the power–and place–for humor in the classroom. He shares how to infuse the classroom with laughter and why it is so important to build a classroom community. We share lots of blunders and laughs together–showing that it is okay to mess up and laugh at yourself every once in a while!

Tips from this episode:

Explore ways to humor to build deeper connections with students
Learn what to do if humor goes awry and is mistaken as an insult or sarcasm
Understand why humor shows students that teachers are human beings too

Listen to this episode:

http://traffic.libsyn.com/tpeduc/ep_24_Don_Russel_.mp3