Robert Keiper
Dr. Robert Keiper is associate professor of secondary education at Woodring College of Education. He supervises student teachers and is the instructor for “The Dynamics of Teaching,” a required course at Woodring College of Education. Dr. Keiper has more than 20 years’ public school teaching experience and has been at Western since 1990. He has presented his “Teacher As Actor” workshops nationwide. His presentations utilize a computer and a data projection system to involve the audience.Laughter: Motivation and Medicine
Can humor motivate your employees, students, social group and loved ones to succeed? Yes. Can it cure illness? Well… it doesn’t hurt. Research shows us that laughter can be used to enhance people’s health and memory by stimulating the immune system and both sides of the brain. A sense of humor has also been found to be an excellent antidote to apprehension and panic. It has been demonstrated that when used in a classroom or training session, laughter builds trust, relieves test anxiety, makes learning more fun and helps students remember information longer. Using personal anecdotes from his long teaching career and from his experience with three life-threatening illnesses, Robert Keiper will show you how laughter can be both motivational and medicinal.Visuals, Vocals & Verbals: The 3Vs for More Effective Communication
Teachers are constantly in the sales business. Every day, they enter classrooms and sell products ranging from algebraic equations to causes of the Civil War. Robert Keiper shows how passionate and persuasive teachers use nonverbal communications (visuals), engage their audience with the power of their voice (vocals), and carefully consider the words (verbals) they use. These skills and techniques are easily transferable to most activities and professions.
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