60 second term paper
I liked this section & the different ideas that were presented to keep students focused & give practical hands on experience. Additionally, discussion on keeping students involved and keeping all students involved was good to revisit. The 60 second term paper was used as a good example, but I've never heard of this. Could you please elaborate on what this is and how it is implemented.
Online is a great learning enviroment.
Wow I LOVE these ideas and am completely stealing them, thank you! I am a little worried that the 3 min elevator ride one may be hard to adpat to a grammar class though, but feel like I can find ways to make it work... *hmmmm* any suggestions? Well, I am off and running, thanks very much!
I am going to give this a try. It sounds like it might encourage some more active listening. Would you ever use the 60 second term paper in a testing environment?
Has anyone tried it chats and if so, how did it go w the online students?
Hi Eddie,
Good strategy. Thanks for sharing it.
Gary
wow this is a great idea! I am gonna try it in a couple of my classes. It will also help me to ensure that I am bringing the correct message to them while instructing.
In an IT lab a 50 sec term paper could be used anonymously. Everyone can print out there paper without putting their name on it. Points are rewarded to everyone.
Great - thank you so much
Hi Alicia,
The answer to your question is I'm not sure. What I would do is to run a little research project and use two methods. The one you are using now, with the Q&A, video, etc. and then try a course section where you use more in-depth hands on. Look at two things, higher retention rate of the content and increased student satisfaction. The increased student satisfaction is how much the students liked the activities and how they feel they helped them to retain the content. Both are good so you can't go wrong using one or both of them.
Gary
I also liked the idea of the 60 second term paper. I have never called it that but have used a similar form of focused journal writing on different topics for a set amount of time and it helps get students minds going. Thanks
I love both ideas & will look to implement them. I think my students will enjoy both of these.
I teach in a veterinary technology field. Some of my courses lend themselves quite well to doing 10-15 minute blocks of lecture/discussion which we can then follow with hand on activities. I have a few courses though that there is so much information that needs to be discussed before hands on can be attempeted that I can't always break into multiple mini-lectures followed by hands on. In those courses what I have done so far is either pause and do Q/A quick review session, watch an animation or video of what we just discussed or use a case example. I this enough "hands on" to help them establish better memory? Or should I look to get to actual hands on in those sessions more?
Hi Alicia,
The 60 second term paper is just that. I give my students 60 seconds to respond to a topic or comment on a topic we just covered. The goal of this exercise is to get students to put on paper their perceptions of what has just been covered or to share their thoughts on a subject area. The 60 seconds keeps them focused and doesn't let them spend a lot of time spinning their wheels thinking about things. I say "go" and they start writing. After I have used this a few times they really get into it. The time is short so their thoughts have to be targeted. If I gave them 3 or 5 minutes they would start to wander off in their writing and thinking. 60 seconds keeps them on target.
You can use it at the end of a lecture or demonstration. It gives closure to the topic for students.
Another strategy I use is the elevator conversation. I give students 3 minutes to demonstrate or convince the class about something. It is based upon using short focused points to "sell" something. I set it up that you have just gotten on the elevator with the CEO of the company. You are going to ride to the top of your building with that person. The length of the ride is 3 minutes. You have that person's ear to try and sell your idea or product in 3 minutes or less uninterrupted. Students really like this as well because it is brief and to the point on the topic. If I often have the students use cards where they hold up point values in relation to how convincing they think the student was in the presentation. This is a lot of fun for the class and helps reduce pressure on the presenters since it is done in fun.
Gary
