Getting Started
Who We Are and What We Value
Exporing Strategies
What We've Done and Others to Try
- Audacity for audio recording
- Movie Maker (oldschool) for video
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SUMMER INSTUTUTE FOR TEACHING & LEARNING 2013Bridging the Gap in Large(r) Classes by Creating Connections and Engaging Students |
Ice breakers: If questions.....
(some ideas from http://insight.typepad.co.uk/40_icebreakers_for_small_groups.pdf)Introductions: Who we are and what we value.....
- How do your students learn most effectively?
- What are your “must haves” as an instructor? Favorite strategy card.
- What do you want to change or do more effectively as a result of this time together?
- What are your burning (questions, issues, desires)?
- How do you define a large class beyond the numbers?
Where I'm From by George Ella Lyon
Focused Writing: Write a draft of Where I'm From as a teacher
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
- Scenario: You have just been told that you will be teaching a class of ___ in the Fall: What are you most worried will be lost in terms of connecting with and engaging your students? What course objectives will suffer as a result? How does this impact your professional satisfaction and potential burnout?
- Good: What are the benefits of large classes?
- Bad: What are the most obvious barriers to meeting instructional goals and objectives? (Content Knowledge, Related Skills, Dispositions/Behaviors)
- Ugly: What are the most frustrating aspects of large classes on your own teaching? (workload, knowing students, assessment, motivation)
Record you and your partners' ideas at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1R10VLntbVeSr3GtJCC1f6FUIt5amLszhKEo2zzfA3u0/viewform