Hi Maureen: Here are a few suggestions: 1. Get used to having your students present more of the basic information - you can always add to it. 2. Bring in guest speakers. 3. Have a student share what they have experienced or hope to experience in the workforce. From that platform, you can embelish, share your own experience, and/or or instill heartfelt lessons you've learned. Students love stories. 4. If you have access to the web in class, have the students search their profession and have each (or a group) share what they are most excited about. 5. Related to number 4, if you have a library, send the students to do some research, then return for brief presentations. 6. More instructional; stop and ask a student to summarize what you've just been talking about. You can also ask others to chime in to add. That leaves the door open for you to fill in any gaps. Hopefully these are some ideas that might be useful. There are probably hundreds more. If you think of yourself as a facilitator as much as a teacher, you can get very creative in using, involving, engaging, and expecting participation for students to be accountable for their learning. Regards, Barry