JoyofTeaching_Booklet

RECIPES For Student Engagement and to Manage Anxiety & Build Confidence with Public Speaking......................................................................4 Learn to Love Props....................................................................................................5 Beginning of Term Survey........................................................................................... 7 Play & Fun ................................................................................................................... 7 Architecture Experiential Learning.............................................................................8 Know Your Students’ Names!.....................................................................................9 Don’t Forget That There is Room for Growth!........................................................... 10 Let the Pedagogical Challenge Drive Technology Adoption.................................. 11

PLAY!..........................................................................................................................13 Intro to African American Lit.......................................................................................13 Teaching is Important!............................................................................................... 14 Staying Curious......................................................................................................... 15 Cultivate a Learning Community!.............................................................................. 16 Let Students Become the Experts..............................................................................17 Solar System Sound Check....................................................................................... 18 Cocktail Party Guessing Game................................................................................... 18

For Student Engagement and to Manage Anxiety & Build Confidence with Public Speaking I N G R E D I E N T S In my class, there is an assignment that combines teamwork, collaboration, campus navigation, and public speaking. They are assigned a campus resource to research and visit and comeback to present to the class.

I ask all small groups to give me a walkup song I play as they are moving to the front of the class. I’ve gotten super positive feedback from students who have extreme public speaking anxiety/fear.

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Learn to Love Props I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Immune system concept ◊ Oven mitts, different colors ◊ Volunteer student ◊ Acting gumption Use oven mitts with students to demonstrate how immune cells recognize threats.

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Beginning of Term Survey I N G R E D I E N T S Ask student about themselves, their experience with the course content (and modality) and a lot of “is there anything I should know on questions you have?”

The last question helps make stronger connections and deescalate major concerns/anxieties.

Play & Fun I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ 1 cup of enjoy your students - try not to take things personally

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Architecture Experiential Learning I N G R E D I E N T S Connecting graduate dietetics students to the agriculture and food systems industry through visiting farms.

A few weeks ago at Santa Rita Ranch our grad students were able to bottle feed a calf and learn about raising beef cattle - and it SNOWED!

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Know Your Students’ Names!

I N G R E D I E N T S If it’s a big class: ◊ Use name tents ◊ Use tech like UCATT’s name coach tool Students WANT and NEED to be known!

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Don’t Forget That There is Room for Growth!

I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ ¼ kindness ◊ ½ positivity ◊ ¼ chocolate “Any day you get a cookie, is a good day” - Charles Schulz

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Let the Pedagogical Challenge Drive Technology Adoption I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Reflection ◊ Data ◊ Techology overview ◊ Understanding what technology could be a fit ◊ Skill to learn technology ◊ Desire to explore ◊ Skill to scaffold usage ◊ Skill to implement

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PLAY! I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Sprinkle an ounce of joy ◊ Bring an ounce of humor ◊ Two tsps of weird toys ◊ Four cups of corny jokes Stir until you see student engagement and active learning.

Intro to African American Lit I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Play oriented course syllabus and lesson plans ◊ Productive and constructive email communication 13

Teaching is Important!

I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Effort

◊ Humor

◊ Joy

◊ Creativity

◊ Laughter

◊ Honesty

◊ Frustration

◊ Time 14

Staying Curious I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Commitment to lifelong learning ◊ Community ◊ Exploration ◊ Research 15

Cultivate a Learning Community!

For in-person or asynchronous online.

I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Establish that everyone-including you- is a learner—we all learn from each other ◊ Practice & model cultural humility ◊ Design & implement activities where everyone has an opportunity to ENGAGE each other and the learning ◊ Keep modeling safety and trust ◊ Give feedback ◊ Repeat!

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Let Students Become the Experts I N G R E D I E N T S When it comes to AI specifically create opportunities for students to share novel ways they are using AI to learn.

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Solar System Sound Check I N G R E D I E N T S Start every class with a song, call it the “Sound Check,” but use a song connected to the topic of the day.

Example: Bruno Mars, “Talking to the Moon” before a class about moon things.

Cocktail Party Guessing Game I N G R E D I E N T S ◊ Students get stickers on their back with different vitamins & minerals (one at a time) ◊ They have to guess which vitamin they are using only yes or no questions. ◦ Example: “Am i water-soluble”, “do athletes have increased requirements” ◊ Once they guess they move the sticker to the front and get a new sticker 18

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University Center for Assessment, Teaching & Technology Teaching Exchange Symposium 2025

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