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Checklist: Effective lecturing

Have you decided...

• The objectives for this lecture
• The main points you will make
• What activities will engage students with the topic
• How those activities will fit the lecture and class objectives
• How to introduce and conclude each section
• How to grab and keep students’ attention
• How to link old and new information
• If you will give the students a handout
• What will be on that handout
• If you will post that handout to Blackboard (if you decide to use Blackboard)
• How you will check for understanding
• If/what technology you will use
• How that technology will fit the lecture and class objectives

Have you prepared….

• The introduction, body, and conclusion of the lecture
• Your outline
• A handout (if you use one)
• Audiovisuals, including your technology needs
• Any follow up activities, such as on-line discussion questions

Reference

• Teaching at Stanford, http://ctl.stanford.edu/handbook.pdf