First Day of class

1. PRESENTATION ON FIRST DAY IN CLASS
Ram pal Singh
Lecturer and Program Coordinator
Mechanical Engineering

3. First class may create anxiety ?

4. objective
 To clarify the questions students may have,
 Believe in your competency
 Gauge the expectations of the students

5. objectives
Inform students of Logistics
Inform studnets about course requirements
Students apetite for the course content
Collect baseline data on students knowlege and motivation
Set the tone for the course
Clarify learning objective and expectations
Introduce yourself
Orchestrate positive first impression

6. 1
• Your Attire
2
• Physical environment
3
• Your use of few minutes for the class
Orchestate positive first
impressions

7. Teacher’s Attire Physical Environment

8. 1
• What characteristics do you
want to convey about yourself
2
• How students can reach to them
3
• What do you think students are
figure out about you
4
• What should you be careful not
to say
Introduce yourself effectively

9. Clarify learning objectives and your
expectations
Communicate your commitment to students’ learning
experience
Explain your expectation for students behaviour
Consider a quiz on the syllabus
Highlight the main aspects of syllabus
Describe the prerequisites

10. The way you engaged on first
day sends powerful message
Whatever you plan to do during
the semester, do it on first day
Establish culture of feedback
(learning experience of students)
Set the tone for the course

12. 1.
• Collect baseline data on students
knowledge
2
• Get a sense of students motivation in
the course
3
• Decide what to do about
different/inadequate prior knowledge
Collect baseline data data on students
knowledge and motivation

14. 1.
• Directed
reading
thinking
activity
2
• Collect
data from
students
about
course
related
issues
3.
• Have
students
generated
hypothsis
about a
typical
problem
in your
course
5.
Common
sense
inventory
4
• Connect
course
content to
current
events
Students apetite for course content

16. Will i be able to get in this course that i
really need
I hsve a conflicts, is it possible to switch
sections
Rules about course sections
Safety Procedures
Other relevant administrative or logisitc
procedure
Inform students of Logistics

17. Advice for first day
 First day of teacher in the class would allow students
to form the impression for the whole semester
 So on first day teacher must have
I. Clearity of the subject
II. Energetic and enthusistic
III. Righteous posture
IV. attire
V. Use of board in good manner
VI. Gauge the expectations of audience

18. Ideas for first day
 Introduce yourself and ask students to introduce
themsleves or any other ice breaking activitiy
 Learn student names; visit University of Nebraska page
learning students name
 Collect information about students
 Read through the syllabus(course req., evaluation)

19. PREPARATION OF FIRST CLASS
Prepare agenda for the class
Prepare notes in advance
Practice your presentation in advance
Inspect the class room to check technology
which you need is there
Check heating ventilation air conditioning

20. PRACTICE TO DELIVER LECTURE
Go to empty class room assume seats are filled with students
practice eye contact, move about the room and practice smiling
Stand straight with your feet one foot apart
Breath slowly and deeply
Stretch every part of your body in every direction

21. EXERCISE TO INCREASE VOCAL VARIETY,
RESONANCE ARTICULATION
 sing scale up and down few times
 Say one or more words at alternating high and low
pitch
 Stretch your mouth lips in every direction

22. FIRST IMPRESSION
 Have a comprehensive well structured syllabus, it will
tell your class you are careful ,well organized, and
serious about teaching
 Say few words to market the syllabus and to motivate
students
 Dress little more formally than you narmally would
 Arrive class room earlyand set a welcoming tone

23.  Make feel student comfortable but understand the
difference inbeing friendly and being friend
 Make productive use of entire class

24. EXCHANGING INFORMATION
 Information flow should be two way street
 Student information index card can be used to know
the background and the interest of the students
 Tell students about your own background
 Give them course information
 We may have reciprocal interview from students

25. SOCIAL ICE BREAKERS: GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Can be done by simple
self introduction
Three step interview
Class survey to know
their common interest
Human bingo
Play the circle of game

26. SUBJECT MATTER ICEBREAKERS
 Class room assessment technique are ungraded
activities and exercises that we assign to know their
academic skills, intellectual development
 Problem posting can be done
 Common sense inventory

27. DRAWING CLASS TO CLOSE
 Ask students to write down their reactions
 Ask general questions like what is most important
thing you learned today