My class plays fun games like BINGO or Jeapoardy (information on the games detail what the contents if the class lessons are) and they recieve points for participation

I think that pretesting is an excellent idea. This is a great way to find out where are students strong and weak points and help them excelle.

I loveto use Flip Charts, this gets the students into the subject being taught and they are particpating without any force. ( when you have to say that this is a grade)

I always plan field trip related to the Program in which I teach (Sterile Processing), but I never thought about having a Guest speaker, I would feel as an instructor that having a group of students at a site to recieve a hands-on tour would be much more beneficial and would be much more exciting than a guest speaker!

How can you avoid the students that want to take over what the teacher says, does and has classroom managment over there class.

My solution to avoid cheating in class is to make four test versions and every fourth person gets the cycle of test all over again!!

What if a student is still craving the classroom attention after you have used all of the techniques.

What if students dont care if they are late and you take points off of a test then whats the next step?