I really like the shower cap idea. When I begin my neurosurgery lecture I like to show a video from youtube titled, "Pinky and the Brainstem, The Brain." It is an eye-opener for the students to see cartoon characters correctly pronouncing neuro terminology/anatomy in a fun, catchy tune and seems to really engage them.

Perhaps with the popularity of the TV game, Survivor, it might be fun to divide the room into tribes and let each one come up with its own name. The activities might pit each of the teams against the others for possession of "immunity" for the winning group. That group then gets to sit out the next challenge, while the other groups must participate. Rather than having a tribal council, at which individuals are voted out (which might hurt the feelings of the "weakest member"), the team might be able to "vote out" some particular small assignment they would otherwise have to do (i.e. the next pop quiz, the next daily assignment, etc.)

When I teach about equipment we use in the pharmacy, I like to always have a sample of the equipmnet so they can actually touch and get a feel for exactly what we are talking about.

Use Power Point if your class has it. Create out and hit slide before and after each question. Using a wireless clicker; ask the question then fake pitch to the student and when they swing show by clicking forward or back if they answered correctly.

This goes toward the point about repetition: AUDIO FLASH CARDS" I found that using visual flash cards involved a lot of preparation time and I tended to drive dangerously when studying/reviewing on the way to school. Instead, I purchased a CHEAP digital recorder (now they are free as apps for smart phones!) and imported everything to iTunes to make AUDIO FLASH CARDS. These were formatted as Question / Pause / Answer and I would group no more than about 10 questions per set. I would assign the iTunes headers to my own structures: i.e., "Album" became "Class", "Genre" became "Body Region", "Artist" became "Discipline - Cardiology, Pharmacology, Ortho, etc.". To use the "cards", it was only necessary to select what was to be reviewed and keep my hand on the play/pause button of my iPod. By the 3rd or 4th pass, I would OWN the material. I found that by using smart playlists in iTunes, I could review by exam, class, test, discipline, body region, etc., and I could make use of my driving time without worry of causing an accident. I now talk about this to each class, and (for those who are interested), show them how to do it.

Fro memory I like to review the key termas from a lecture; first, right after a lecture, second, the next day we review in the begining of class. I found better test results at the end of the week from doing this simple quick review.

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I love the idea of using Boxes in the Whole Brain Organizer exercise. I often find that by associating a visual to a prefix/suffix or combining form, students are able to recall it. Never seen this activity before and have starting prepping for my next Chapter. Integumentary System, I will be using this activity. Thanks!

I like the idea of the Hygiene Hi-jinx. It is good to see what people think of professional hygiene

I have used this type of teaching. We were studying the brain. Our group had to think of a dessert that had to do with grey matter. It was fun to do. The Teacher brought in Pig brain for us to eat and cooked it in the class. Now I can't say I have ever eaten brains.

I like the dot idea. Does it work?

I liked the idea of doing the Weakest Think in my class room has anyone tried it in their classes?

I'm going to incorporate the shower cap idea into my teaching module on the brain. In fact I can adapt it for group work in class.

I appointed a student to take pictures of students acting mad, happy, sad, etc. At the time of the discussion regarding the facial feedback theory I showed the students expression and asked the class to identify the facial feature. It kept the students attention and help them personalize the lesson.

My class enjoys playing two different games with terminology words. We have Anatomy Jingo which is a game board set up as a bingo card with different pictures of the anatomy. Questions are then asked relating to one of the systems. The first person to get "bingo" wins. We also play the old game "hangman" with terminology words. I let the student that wins go to the board and set up the spces for the next terminolgy word. They really enjoy both games.

Using "games" to reinforce students knowledge is an excellent teaching tool. I have used Jeopardy in the past. This is geared toward the veteran learners. Using "$100" for prefixes, suffixes and root words. Going up to $200" for combined forms, progressing upwards where students actually have to describe symptoms and or signs for diseases in the $500 category. This is an excellent overall review at the end of semesters. The Secret Identity activity is an excellent way to open up a new chapter. I used this method today and was a huge success.

...use food in our lab's its an osha violation. however this gives us an excuse to utilize another room!

These were not my favorite. The T-shirt idea is easier to implement. Cost has to be figured into these exercises as well. Imagine a class of 30!

These will be implemented in the classroom setting since we do not go with our students into the field on their externship. However it can be used during student service learnings!

I definitely plan on implementing these! They are a great weapon in an instructors arsenal!