FTTC 2024: Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference

In this session we will explore self-care and mindfulness principles to support educator wellness. We will practice activities focused on reflection, relaxation, and self-regulation, allowing you to bring your very best self to those you serve.

In this experiential ‘not working’ session, we will practice activities that promote stress relief, emotional balance, and rejuvenation.

This session will empower participants to identify topics to gamify and strategize how to find or build their own games to employ in the classroom. In my experience, games help students push past the habit of memorization into application in context. They are better able to predict outcomes and imagine real-life scenarios after playing games related to content they have already been exposed to in traditional contexts.  

In this talk, we will present our study in Calculus III classes (both online and in-person) with semi-flipped teaching and team discussions incorporated. We will examine how TBL strategies can help improve students’ preparedness and engagement in class, and also, how students’ perceptions may change during the course. We will also share how student-centered course activities are designed as well as motives behind through a case study and how a similar framework may be adapted to different courses in math or other subjects.

This faculty panel session features award-winning faculty from FTTC sponsoring institutions who offer insights and practical examples to illustrate low-tech and high-tech ways to hold students' attention and focus on learning.

Sessions Moderators: Kella Thornton and Lindsay Meador, Washington University in St. Louis

Panelists include award-winning faculty from the following institutions:

University of Missouri--St. Louis: Zac Cairns, Associate Professor, Department of Music, College of Arts & Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis: Katie Brown, Director, English Language Programs
McKendree University: Brian Frederking, Professor of Political Science
St Charles Community College: Amanda Turner, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville: Adriana "Didi" Martinez, Professor of Geography