21st Century Teaching

http://youtu.be/075aWDdZUlM

Are you engaging the student by having them

Validate Information
Synthesize information
leverage information
communicate information
collaborate with information
problem solving with information

Are their assignments and activities Relevant- Challenging- Meaningful- Powerful to the learning experience?

Learning is not a spectator sport.

"Students do not learn much by sitting in the class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments and lectures, spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to the past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learned part of themselves"  (Chickering and Gamson)

There are many different ways faculty can make use of class time.  

Describe the teaching strategies you have used in the class you teach most often.