Confidence in children has always been a potent issue among teachers, how to calm that loudmouth down and how to get that quiet one to speak up. Truth is, there's not a lot teachers can do, the confidence of a child is directly influenced by their home life and their roots, so anything a teacher does to change the child (better or worse) will go to waste as they will revert back to their old selves as soon as they leave school. This is a major issue. Some children know the answer to some really difficult questions that you may ask them, but are too lacking in confidence to say.
How can you fix this? What can one person do to help a poor confidence-challenged little child? The best way to do this is to get them to interact with the lesson in perhaps a different approach, an approach that doesn't involve them speaking in front of classmates or even yourself as a teacher. I have two words that will instantly prove a solution. Interactive Multimedia.
Yes, Interactive Multimedia. Getting the users sitting in front of a computer (all of them) and interacting with a fun, engrossing, interesting application and then getting them to dynamically interact with it by answering questions and playing games to test their knowledge. Would you feel more comfortable standing in front of a room full of people and saying something that you're not sure is correct (imagine the demoralising laugh from your peers after getting it wrong) or playing a game on a computer?
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