Transcript Teaching Creatively: Ideas in Action

Teaching Creatively:
Ideas in Action
Alison Morrison-Shetlar
University of Central Florida
[email protected]
Objectives
• At the end of this session you will:
– Have three or four interactive
strategies to use the first week of class
– Know how each of these strategies is
also an assessment tool.
One minute paper
• Which pedagogical tools do you think
your faculty find most useful?
• Easy to assign and assess
• Creates an opportunity to be
considered as a person and establish
a relationship
How we remember
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Reading
Hearing
Sight
Sight and hearing
Talking
Doing
10%
20%
30%
50%
70%
90%
Drawing for
understanding
• Students are asked to create a
drawing, diagram or chart to help
explain an idea, relationship, or
process
• Students must then share their
drawing and discuss it with a
classmate
The power of the picture
• Show a picture
– a picture speaks a thousand
words
– initiates discussion
– image stays in the student’s
memory and creates a link to
the information discussed and
stored
Assessment should:
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Be tailored to the learning goals
Establish criteria and standards
Help students acquire skills and knowledge
Assess student learning
Increase student motivation
Allow feedback so that students can learn
from their mistakes
• Be used to plan future teaching methods
How to gauge
understanding
• Choral response
– increases student participant
• Pass the chalk
– increases responsibility
– everyone gets involved
Assessment in class
• 3 x 5 cards
– ask questions
– quick feedback
– anonymous
– catches problem early
Portfolios
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A compilation of student work
Grading occurs at a time convenient to you
Students see their progress
Not everything needs to be graded
Students refer back to work more often
Learning by process not only by product
Provides a place for reflective practice
How would you set up a portfolio system?
Real life benefits
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Better student work
Better student attendance
Higher student & peer evaluations
Greater enjoyment of teaching
Renewed energy and enthusiasm
Contribute positively to institutional
culture