TRANSFORMING LECTURES INTO CLASSROOM CONVERSATIONS PRESENTER JIAYI XU

TRANSFORMING LECTURES INTO CLASSROOM CONVERSATIONS PRESENTER: JIAYI XU 徐佳� JX 6@NYU. EDU SENIOR CHINESE LANGUAGE LECTURER EAST ASIAN STUDIES NYU TEACHING INNOVATION CONFERENCE ROUND 3 PANEL 2: HOW'S IT GOING? IMPROVING FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

WHY DID I START THIS PROJECT? For students: Get distracted so easily Am I understanding the content correctly? For faculty (whether teaching in an in-person classroom or in a remote class) Did my students understand the content? Not tech-savvy; Not much time to create extra engagement activities; Will my efforts invested in remote teaching go in vain once in-person classes resume?

WHAT DID I DO? Incorporated polls and low-stakes formative assessments in my classes.

BEFORE CLASS: INSERT A QUESTION WITH JUST ONE CLICK!

BEFORE CLASS: STUDENT JOIN PEAR DECK WITH A LINK

DURING CLASS: ASKING QUESTIONS & RESPOND Shared screen view: Teacher display a question Student view: Respond to a question Teacher‘s Dashboard view: • Turn on Countdown Timer • See students’ responses in realtime

DURING CLASS: TEACHER GIVES INSTANT FEEDBACK WHILE STUDENTS RESPONSES ARE TYPING THEIR Teacher‘s Dashboard view: • Select students’ responses to show on the screen • Give feedback to individual student Student view: Respond to a question

DURING CLASS: DISCUSS STUDENTS’ RESPONSES • Responses are shown anonymously, but the teacher can see students’ names from his/her dashboard. • Students often modify their answers as

AFTER CLASS: CHECK STUDENT’S ENGAGEMENT & LEARNING PROGRESS

HOW DID IT GO? -POSITIVE RESULTS For me as a teacher: Observed increased student engagement Gauge students’ learning progress Spent less time on creating assessments Got inspired with engagement ideas by Template Library The interactive decks can work in both remote classes and in- person classrooms. *Creating asynchronous lectures by adding audio.

POSITIVE RESULTS Students’ feedback from the class survey: What does the instructor do to make this class engaging, if any?

ISSUES/CHALLENGES WITH THE PROJECT AND FUTURE PLAN Mix the uses of Pear Deck and Google Note-takers found they rushed typing notes as they needed to constantly switch between their notes and Pear Deck. Hard for students to review after class as students’ responses and teacher’s corrections are not recorded on Pear Deck. Doc. Discussion-based session Pear Deck Grammar-focused session Google Doc Build in mini-breaks to reduce eye strains. Face-to-face talk without shared screen of Power. Point; Give student a moment for thinking “Zoom fatigue” and reflection. Turn off camera listen to each other intently.

THANK YOU AND CONTACT INFO: JX 6@NYU. EDU JIAYI XU, If you have any questions about Pear Deck, or wonder what other formative assessment/polling tools (Poll Everywhere, Goformative, Kahoot, etc. ) you could use to serve your instructional goals, feel free to contact me at jx 6@nyu. edu. Thank you so much!