Activity: Quick word association from audience, shout out. Don’t think too much just your 1st thought.
Activity: Show of hands for over 30, over 50, over 100 studentsDo something's not scale up from smaller groups.
Write down you definition of a lecture. I will ask for contributions in 2 minutes.
Do we agree? show of hands for yes.
The consequences of being bored included students missing future lectures and there was also a significant association between level of boredom and grade point average. The most important teaching factor contributing to student boredom is the use of PowerPoint slides.
Ask them
“Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre.” Gail Godwin, author in The Odd Woman“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” Mark Twain
Pt.1 - Classic example is in American films when a buzzer sounds and the teacher is left shouting out final instructions as the students leave.Dorothy Sarnoff was an image consultant.
Do reading activity
Get them to answer the last of the think questions? E.g. Relevant authority on content, able to explain if they don’t understand, can judge levels of understanding and adapt presentation, can explain in different ways that different learners may find useful.
Give the example that even though I am standing in front of you and you all hear the same thing the meaning you take from what I say is ‘coloured’ by your previous experiences and each of you will leave with a slightly different understanding.e.g. Abstract scientific concepts
Can you think of your own ideas. Work in groups of four to come up with a list of how to push the boundaries with the lecture slot.
e.g. Get involvement / activity 1st, to get you thinking, to set a tone (you can’t just be passive).