I like the idea of designing an activity. It keeps the student engaged and interested, especially if you can involve their peers.

It is a major challenge to get students off their cell phones when giving a lecture or presentation. I think all presentations should be interactive to get them up and moving around. It may help w/ keeping them off of social media for a few hours.

Do you believe it's a good idea to have people of all 4 generations in the same classroom or does it add confusion?

I see pretty great differences between Gen X vs. Gen Y. The Gen Y person seems to be more entitled and not as hard working as Gen X. Gen X'ers seem to be doers. There is most certainly a difference in the classroom environment. I've seen this in almost every class cohort.

I give a lot of professional development presentations in class. Some students ask questions and participate in the discussion/role playing, but trying to get the entire class to join in can be a challenge. Should I develop a few sets of role playing activities to give the students the power of choice when it comes to getting involved?

When assessing a writing assignment, how much constructive criticism is too much? You don't want to break the students confidence by being too harsh, yet you need the message to get through. What are your best practices?