I've been teaching for less than a year, but I've found that there are a few activities that have worked for me for every first class meeting so far, so I thought I'd share.
1) I make my syllabus review as interactive as possible. When I want students to focus on particular policies, I ask them to take turns reading these aloud and then I paraphrase them when the students are finished. I ask questions of students to make sure they understand my expectations, objectives, etc.
2) I use an icebreaker that students really seem to like. To begin, students… >>>
