What matters most on the first day? Adrian Rippy-Sheehy and other faculty talked about this during Adrian's "Effective Teaching" segment on Friday night at CMC West Garfield. That students know you are interested in them was Adrian's main message. Additionally she provided and invited techniques that allow students to get to know you and others in this early critical time of the term. One faculty share-back was the use of a scavenger hunt that asks people to find another person in the class with a certain characteristic, such as a dimple. Allowing class members to interview each other briefly, then introduce their classmate to the others can reduce self-consciousness.
To add to those ideas, here are several others:
First Day Tips
What do you do to welcome students and get them excited about your class? We'd love to hear it and learn from it!
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