The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture.
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
Well done, Prof!
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@sundogplanets "Professor Lawler, will I be able to get my degree before the satellites cut off all the sunlight and we all die?"
@lauren And then I just burst out crying and the magic of a good teaching moment is gone
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@sundogplanets "Professor Lawler, will I be able to get my degree before the satellites cut off all the sunlight and we all die?"
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets any secrets to share on getting that to happen?
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@sundogplanets any secrets to share on getting that to happen?
@mwyman Getting them to talk to each other before having to speak in front of the whole class really seems to help a lot.
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets I was TA for a semester and I was never able to do this

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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets great!!
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets The spark is lit!
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets Whoo hoo!
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets well done, when this happens it makes it all make sense for a moment, right?
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets That is incredible and fantasti!
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets Bravo! Quite the accomplishment.
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The best thing I accomplished today was getting a class of first year university students to go from completely withdrawn and silent observers to being actively engaged and answering questions and making guesses by the end of lecture. YES.
@sundogplanets Congratulations.
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