cengage learning webinar, american governement, demonstrating relevance in american government...
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Making American Government courses relevant to students is essential for gaining interest, participation, and high performance. But what's the best way to make this topic resonate with today's learners? Find out how an interactive solution, Aplia, can be applied to your course to enable customization and integration of current events. Knowing your audience and using current tools are keys to bringing relevancy and interest to your American Government course. Participants engaged in an immersive discussion about how to help students identify with the concepts presented and to inject pop culture, humor, or fresh presentation techniques into your classroom discussion. Best of all, they learned how technology can simplify and enrich the process for you (and your students).TRANSCRIPT
Demonstrating Relevance in American Government
Classroom
Derek Mosley, J.D.
Applicable
Demonstrates course subject mattero Relating things to the courseo Not entertaining for the sake of entertainment
Beneficial to the student outside of the classroomo Provide information that is helpful in life – not just academics
Contemporary Examples
Current events
Pop culture
Interesting Compelling
Humorous
Authentic
Defining Relevance
Age Traditional Non-traditional
Region
Egocentrism
Diversity in the classroom, nation, and world Analysis of class composition Utilizing the resources of the class
o Students learning from each others’ experienceso Instructor enrichment
Religion Often correlates to region Affects time spent on sides to an argument
Interests Rarely government
The Audience- The Personality of the Class
Poll – What is your biggest fear in adding technology in the classroom? Student distraction
Learning the technology as an instructor
Increased cost to student
Increased cost to college/university
Other
Technology
Television
Remains important for information, opinion, and popular culture
Internet
Almost a given in day-to-day life
Untapped potential in many classroomso Campus-wide Wi-Fio Access through cellular networks
Personal Devices
Phones, tablets, laptops, Google Glass, etc… Policies on these items may need to be revisited
Technology - Hardware
Poll – Which is your favorite technology/ application to use in the classroom? Ebook
Presentation application
Social media
LMS
Homework technology
Other
Technology - Continued
EBooks
Presentation
PowerPoint
Prezi
Social Media
LMS
Traditional access
Mobile and personal devices
Aplia
Technology - Applications
Poll – How many are currently using a homework technology, such as Aplia?
Technology – Homework
Current Events
Appropriate, timely examples of concepts (updating the old standards when necessary)o Presidential elections provide new opportunities to compare/contrast
Government in action (relating the event to the concept)
Boston Marathon Bombingo Terrorismo Emergency Responseo Jurisdiction
Local law enforcement, FBI, Homeland Defense
Keeping it Fresh
Popular Culture
You are too old to quote “Jersey Shore”
What is “Jersey Shore?”
Sincerity
Don’t force it – sometimes “dating” yourself can help
Develop and redevelop your style
Keeping it Fresh - Continued
Questions?
