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?