Tag: Participation
Engaging Your Class in Peer-Listening During Presentations
Being teachers and instructors, we frequently include oral presentations into our syllabi. Unlike other group or individual activities, Power Point presentations on a particular...
Engaging the Unruly Class
An unruly class can leave us feeling flustered, frustrated, and downright helpless. Try these strategies to help refocus your students' attention.
Class Starters for the Fiction Workshop
For fiction writers, provocation is part of the job description. The same should go for our teaching of fiction, especially with students who are...
Drawing, Doodles, and Sketches
Most of the activities and assignments in our classrooms revolve around writing and reading, but having students draw, sketch, or doodle can give them news ways to express and connect their thoughts, ideas, and concerns. In this artical you'll find five ways to help students embrace their visual skills.
Is it Really All My Fault? Sharing on In-Class Discussions
I’ve become familiar with the resistance to classroom discussions, but, until recently, I always assumed good discussions were lacking because students are, generally speaking, lacking in “critical thinking.” But last week, something happened that made me reconsider.
Visualizing Class Participation
A diagram that helps students and teachers be on the same page when it comes to understanding expectations for and evaluations of class participation.
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On What I Hope This Site Can Be
A Message from the Editor:
For those of you that know me, and no doubt today, at the start of this project, many of you...
Lego: The Building Blocks of Writing
One of my favorite in-class activities is simple, easy to set up, and, most importantly, it involves Lego. I often use this in composition...
Opening up Office Hours
A common complaint of college instructors is how many of their students don’t come to office hours when they are struggling. As instructors, we...