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Rock the Classroom! Strategies for Teaching Excellence
Professional Development Conference June 15, 2016 MSU Denver
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Encourage Choice Provide a list of options and then have students choose: The book they read The due date of a paper or presentation The topic of their research Help write exam questions Help set class norms and culture
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Encourage Creativity!
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Devil’s Advocate Show examples from Ethics and Multicul, Intro
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Scratch Quiz!
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35 Word Summary One point: The summary was 35 words (or less, but no more) One point: The student captured the author’s message One point: The student expressed understanding of the author’s purpose One point: The student used complete sentences (did not list or bullet the ideas from the article) One point: The student was concise and the summary well written
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What does your syllabus say about your course?
Highly structured, lots of rules? or inviting, enthusiastic and offering choices?
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Syllabus Quiz 1. How many pages should your first paper be? 2. Under what circumstances do I accept late papers? 3. When are my office hours? 4. Which learning objectives most appeal to you? 5. What teaching methods are acceptable for doing your class presentations? 6. What should you do if you miss a class?
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Wrapping up a class session
When opening up a class discussion the instructor can act as the scribe, making notes on the board from student comments. Play “popcorn” to wrap up a class
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Contact Information Lynann “Annie” Butler, MA, LPC, CAC III
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