Tip #2| How Do I Know My Students Are Learning? Use Learning
Snapshots to provide instant feedback about what your students
are learning. Learning Snapshots also create an active learning
environment and help students monitor their own learning. Find
out what students are getting—or not getting—out of lectures,
demos and assigned readings by using the following Learning
Snapshots: Make Use of the First Five Minutes of Class As soon
as you arrive, write a provocative question or simple task on
the board related to the content you covered in previous
session. For example: - Post an image. Ask, who is the audience
for this image? What are three clues that led you to that
conclusion? - Write a list of step-by-step instructions for the
process or technique we learned during the last session. - Write
three questions you have about last week’s reading. Expect
students to respond in writing as soon as they enter the room.
Once class officially begins allow 2-3 more minutes to generate
ideas and a few minutes more to