CEITL Podcast: May 2007
This topics for this episode are:
- what makes a podcast a podcast? (see NewsAggregator on the CEITL wiki, and RSS in Plain English)
- the CEITL curriculum
- the revised classroom observation process (see documents on the Common Drive under CEITL > Classroom Observation)
- dealing with chronic student tardiness
- Lauren Thompson on clickers in the classroom (see these best practices)
Excuse my cold. 
May 7th, 2007 - 1:33 pm
On promoting student punctuality. I address punctuality and attendance combined by giving students a small bonus (e.g., perhaps 2.5%) if they have 2 fewer absences and 2 of fewer tardies (or early departures) for the whole quarter. This seems to provide some incentive for students to be punctual/present. I’ve found that higher rewards in the past (e.g., 5%) have more of a positive effect, as one would expect.