NearPod November
Our FLC get-together was a great way to wrap up the work week and satisfy our appetites with notorious friends, nourishing food, and nifty strategies. Although the group was small, we were very engaged and enjoyed each other's company. The food and libations weren't too shabby either. If you weren't there, you missed out!
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Shared Strategies
Shared Strategies
Three successful strategies shared this month were the utilization of Nearpod in an Allied Health AND a Nursing Lesson and a Grab Bag activity for exploring student knowledge about contraceptives.Nearpod is a tool that allows students to interact directly on the screen of a device (computer or phone) and the instructor to see what the students have added to their screen using interactive video, quizzes, drawings, fill-in-blank, and lots more (See the video and pictures to the left for more engaging options). Liz engaged her students with Nearpod by having the students circle specific areas on the image of the heart. The cool part of Nearpod is that when students submit their work, the teacher can see the drawings on all of their images (from her computer). If the teacher wants to share a particular student drawing, with one click of a button, the image can be shared with all screens in the room. This can spark real-time conversation and is a great formative assessment strategy. Venessa used a "Grab Bag" strategy in which students chose a picture of a contraceptive out of a grab bag. The student was then responsible for sharing the pros and cons of the contraceptive, patient teaching about the contraceptive, and indications/contraindications. Another way to implement a similar strategy could be the:
Mystery Patient/ Drug in a Box (from the CETL Active Learning webpage)This strategy can be implemented in various ways with a variety of content. The goal of this strategy is to get students to piece together information and think critically about the pieces to formulate a solution to a problem. One example applying this strategy, retrieved from Wolters Kluwer, suggests having items and pictures related to the content in several boxes around the room. Students, individually or in small groups, pick an item from each box and build a “patient story” for the class. The class then brainstorms strategies for treating the hypothetical patient.
Mystery Patient/ Drug in a Box (from the CETL Active Learning webpage)This strategy can be implemented in various ways with a variety of content. The goal of this strategy is to get students to piece together information and think critically about the pieces to formulate a solution to a problem. One example applying this strategy, retrieved from Wolters Kluwer, suggests having items and pictures related to the content in several boxes around the room. Students, individually or in small groups, pick an item from each box and build a “patient story” for the class. The class then brainstorms strategies for treating the hypothetical patient.
Name that Faculty .... Can you guess who ate what?
Name that Faculty .... Can you guess who ate what?
Linguine Positano with Shrimp paired with a Sicilian Prickly Pear Margarita
Spaghetti Carbonara with Chicken paired with a Pomegranate Martini
Fontina and Prosciutto-Stuffed Pork Chops paired with a Sparkling Tuscan Lemonade
Pollo Rosa Maria paired with a Sicilian Prickly Pear Margarita