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Inject bits of humor into your presentations.

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Get to know their families and what experiences and expertise their families have

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Invite students to trade phones with someone else - this magically gets them to stop using their devices.

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Share stories from your own experience early on to help the students understand who you are 

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Share stories from your own experience early on to help the students understand who you are 

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Create a 1-page draft community approach to devices & distraction for students to add to, edit & sign

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Create a 1-page draft community approach to devices & distraction for students to add to, edit & sign

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James Lang's Distracted recommends talking with students about how devices can be useful in certain contexts (research activities) and distracting in others (discussions). Then you can present a 1-page summary of the approach and allow students to have a way before signing.

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Pick something eye-catching that will draw students' attention — a surprising image, stat, drawing, cartoon, gif or whatever else relates to your subject matter

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Pose a puzzling question to get people wondering 

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Pose a puzzling question to get people wondering 

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Pose a question that has been puzzling people in your field. Explain why it's puzzling and why it's a notable question, and relate it to something in your course. Cultivate curiosity.

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Learning new tools for this baby boomer is exciting!!

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Make the discussion about devices open at first, and then explain why you've chosen a particular policy

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These engagement tools make me excited to try in class.

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Start with a gallery walk about a topic of interest....

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This is totally cool!

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Have them share personal examples of Grice's Conversational Maxims and violations

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Have them share personal examples of Grice's Conversational Maxims and violations

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An inspiring teacher in an engaging classroom 

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An inspiring teacher in an engaging classroom 

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This is great info!

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Use Kahoot

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Find the prime factors of 3072.

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Thanks for info!

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Bring in objects related to what I am teaching

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Bring in objects related to what I am teaching

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Visual storytelling tools for creating great materials

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Visual storytelling tools for creating great materials

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15 visual storytelling tools for content teams

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Explore Shorthand's roundup of the top visual storytelling tools for professional content creators.

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Invite guest speakers who are not reporters: sources, organizers, experts, "regular people" (community leaders), etc.

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Invite guest speakers who are not reporters: sources, organizers, experts, "regular people" (community leaders), etc.

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Add an idea for encouraging students to use their video online.

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Add an idea for encouraging students to use their video online.

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Use the time before class starts, during a break, or right after class to have at least one warm hello with a student and pose a question about how they're doing

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kinesthetic learning- like Jeremy showed

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kinesthetic learning- like Jeremy showed

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Let students do what they need to do, but only outside of the classroom to avoid distracting others

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Let students do what they need to do, but only outside of the classroom to avoid distracting others

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Have them using their phones to post for class

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Give a case study and ask them to problem solve

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Use McGoogan Library Historical Collections to add humanity

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Use McGoogan Library Historical Collections to add humanity

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Use historical or unique artifacts to use for active teaching.

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make space for students to see your learning and to give and receive feedback. Facilitate that community in your class.

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Have music playing as students enter/sign on. Can be related to the teaching content or not

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Say a little bit about why you care about this subject matter

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Share, when relevant, the personal challenges you have addressed or fails that you experience to show that teachers are human!

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Create or display interesting virtual backgrounds that stimulate conversation.

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I've seen high school classes where they have a charging station for students to plug in phones during class. They often choose to do this.

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I've seen high school classes where they have a charging station for students to plug in phones during class. They often choose to do this.

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Laugh at you own humanity and show students mistakes are productive.

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Laugh at you own humanity and show students mistakes are productive.

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Thanks a lot for sharing this wonderful digital toolkit. 😇

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Relate topics to current media — streaming, movies, documentaries, etc. 

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Relate topics to current media — streaming, movies, documentaries, etc. 

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Relate topics to current media — streaming, movies, documentaries, etc.

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Watching the recording. Thank you for help with student engagement!

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Watching the recording. Thank you for help with student engagement!

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Request that the student adds a different title or changes the main character of a passage or story

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Request that the student adds a different title or changes the main character of a passage or story

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Request that the student adds a different title or changes the main character of a passage or story

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Do a centering exercise or breathing exercise to calm anxiety and get focused on class.

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Do a centering exercise or breathing exercise to calm anxiety and get focused on class.

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Remind students that devices are supposed to be used to enhance our lives and not to "drive" our lives. I often remind them that they have made a choice to be in class and have shown that furthering their education is important to them. They need to remind their contacts that it is important and to support them in the effort instead of distracting them from it.

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Start with a provocative quote or question related to the day's topic. 

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Start with a provocative quote or question related to the day's topic. 

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Isn't it nice sometimes to NOT give students a framework so they can come up with something better than I would have?

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Isn't it nice sometimes to NOT give students a framework so they can come up with something better than I would have?

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ALWAYS CREATE A FUN AND POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

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ALWAYS CREATE A FUN AND POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

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Begin the class the... first10 min, to speak to their week, both personal and school. A chance to vent, both good and bad.

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A Whack on the Side of the Side of the Head  - by Roger Von Oech

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A Whack on the Side of the Side of the Head  - by Roger Von Oech

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A creative way to begin the speech class

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What do you like doing over the 4th of July holiday?

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Family travel should be about making memories, not managing stress. Our expert guides cover everything from budget-friendly road trips and theme park adventures to family-friendly hotels and destination inspiration for beach vacations, cruises, and cultural getaways. We’ll help you plan unforgettable experiences that work for every family member.

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In Class 1, I ask student to write down their hopes and expectations for the class. I collect and share with the class.

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In Class 1, I ask student to write down their hopes and expectations for the class. I collect and share with the class.

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Guest appearances from respected professionals to engage with students. 

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Guest appearances from respected professionals to engage with students. 

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Early in class 1, I play Pictionary on the white board to get students moving, laughing, getting to know each other, and learning the themes of the course ahead.

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Early in class 1, I play Pictionary on the white board to get students moving, laughing, getting to know each other, and learning the themes of the course ahead.

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Give 60 second breaks for students to check their phones maybe once an hour.

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I set expectations from the start and reinforce through the course that student opinions, insights matter -- into what they're hearing in audio journalism, what works, what doesn't and why.

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I set expectations from the start and reinforce through the course that student opinions, insights matter -- into what they're hearing in audio journalism, what works, what doesn't and why.

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Give them a PDF with a lot of national information and have them figure out how to boil it down to the information for one region or market

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Start the class with an open "what's in your mind moment", a chance to share how the group is doing, what they're reading, feeling, thinking, etc...

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Start the class with an open "what's in your mind moment", a chance to share how the group is doing, what they're reading, feeling, thinking, etc...

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Having a Spotify playlist that students can add to that we play during in-class exercises

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I'm really looking forward to engaging with students in person again. The eye contact, smiles, gestures, movement in the room -- all so crucial to engagement, learning, fun, and humanity.

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I'm really looking forward to engaging with students in person again. The eye contact, smiles, gestures, movement in the room -- all so crucial to engagement, learning, fun, and humanity.

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Be open to pivoting - including adjusting the syllabus. In one case, I did this when students craved more and longer pitch sessions to learn more about each other's work.

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Be open to pivoting - including adjusting the syllabus. In one case, I did this when students craved more and longer pitch sessions to learn more about each other's work.

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Share a piece of media or art you consumed recently and why it was bad

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Using my experience as a former student to connect with the class my showing them my own student work and having them critique it

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Go for a walk about some topic of the class

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Go for a walk about some topic of the class

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Truly, folks love sugar. It makes whatever you're talking about seem sparklier.

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Maybe I can experiment with some new approaches

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Maybe I can experiment with some new approaches

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I'm curious about using audio memos to help people experiment with audio

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Find ways to have the student lead a portion of the class.

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Find ways to have the student lead a portion of the class.

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Likely would tell them that the only person they’ll be doing a disservice to would be their future sel and the future of their employment.

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bring my dog/cat/chicken to class

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Share a relevant time (times!) I failed/handled a situation poorly/didn't meet my own expectations

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Share a relevant time (times!) I failed/handled a situation poorly/didn't meet my own expectations

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Having set times for no devices about 30 minutes to an hour. And the rest of the class they can use their device for assignments and/or research.

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Sharing your experiences, both positive and negative, in order to paint a realistic picture of what the field could be.