Michelle Frye

Jeopardy is one game we’ve used for content review. Using powerpoint or similar software can really help with delivery of the clues and showing of correct responses. While it’s hard to use ‘open-ended’ questions for this, definitions, terms, and recognition of categories for presented items all seem to work well. We’ve had difficulty finding a way for contestants or teams to ‘ring in’ – to know who was first indicating they were ready to provide the ‘correct response’. Are there any suggestions for handling this? I’m always amazed at how excited and involved students tend to get in the games!… >>>

For several years now, I’ve been building and maintaining a SharePoint-based web site to support all of the courses I teach. Among the tools available, each course has its own “links” area, and students are shown on the first day of class how to access my web site and choose the appropriate ‘links’ page for their course. The list of links can be expanded throughout the course, but the link to the course syllabus and standard course components on my site remain available all term long. Some classes have their own wiki area (they LOVE using this for collaborative work),… >>>