TEACHSOC: Re: first day activity

[Del Thomas Ph D]

Thank you Bob. An interesting aside on seats. Classes started at Hampshire College before construction was complete there were no seats in one of the classrooms.   The students decided to go with out seats and sit on the risers/floor.  The classroom remains that way today you sit on the carpeted risers.  So they can add to the no exams, no grades..... no seats :-) Del Robert Greene wrote: There is also musical chairs which creates competition for limited resources, the chairs, and eventually if you eliminate all the chairs, students can cooperate when they realize that not having any chairs means they can all sit on the floor. I have a copy of this idea that I got from TS years ago. I will post it when I get to my home PC. Del Thomas Ph D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/17/06 11:50 AM >>> Hi, I go into the classroom before class and arrange the seats in groups of 4 or 5, facing each other. when they arrive the students sit for a while and then put them back... assuming that the earlier class had left them in the wrong arrangement. I come to class a few minutes late to see how far they have gone. Sometimes I give an expectations survey....how many hours a week do you expect to spend in class preparation...etc. The first order of business, groan is organizing themselves into groups of 4 or 5. http://www.delswork.net/first_day_of_class.htm Del --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---