With All the Bells and Whistles: Creating Community to Get Students Tuned In, Turned On, and Tapped In to Your Course Content

Abstract

Technology rules, but community ROCKS!! In this intriguing and fast-moving session, explore the secrets you can use to create a sense of community in class. Find out why student respond so well to the ââ¬Åbells and whistlesââ¬Â of connecting with others. Want to be wildly successful? Give your students a reason to care and learn to build community. In this session, we will explore ways to engage students by building a collegial community of caring, thoughtful learners. This session will address: a) framing the community dialogue, b) welcoming and immediacy behaviors, c) student activities, and d) storytelling tips for the engaged classroom. Instructors from all disciplines can benefit from using some of these ââ¬Åbells and whistleââ¬Â techniques in their classes.