Friends,

There is a powerpoint jeopardy gameboard that you can download and add the
questions to.  You can easily change point values. There are several
versions online that you can find by doing a google search for jeopardy
online. The link for the one developed at JMU is:
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/jeopardy/jeopardy.htm


Dr. Karen Milligan
Box 71874
Carson-Newman College
Jefferson City, TN 37760





On 1/14/09 2:08 PM, "Thomas DeWitt" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Aloha,
>
> Here are a few successful things that I've done in the past:
>
> - Role Plays:  Provide each team with a description of the characters that
> they will portray and the objectives for each team.  Then allow them a
> specified time to interact and hold a debriefing after they've completed the
> role play to discuss the interaction and their ability or inability to
> complete their objectives. I've found this to work well in my international
> business class (negotiations between groups from different cultures) and in my
> personal selling class (group of salespeople and the customer, each of which
> has different objectives to be achieved).
>
> - Jeopardy: I've put together a game board on a large poster board that allows
> me to set 4 categories of questions with three different point values (12
> possible selections).  The questions are  based on the readings for the day.
> Students get in their groups and the students that answer the question
> correctly earn points for their group.  The group that accumulates the most
> points gets a prize.  I usually give each student in the winning group a
> lottery ticket.  I tried candy as a prize once, but didn't like it nearly as
> much as the lottery tickets. While this exercise doesn't facilitate
> communication across groups, it doesn't help to foster team work and
> competition.
>
> Cheers, Tom
>
> Tom DeWitt Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor of Marketing
> College of Business and Economics
> University of Hawaii - Hilo
> 200 W. Kawili St.
> Hilo, HI  96720
>
> Phone:  (808) 974-7384
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Warner, Rosalind" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:48
> Subject: application exercises across and between teams
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>> > Hi -
>> >
>> > I was wondering if anyone had some ideas on good application
>> > exercises that can be done between teams - I have, for example,
>> > asked teams to develop questions that can then be answered by
>> > the team next to them, etc.  I would like to get some good
>> > discussion and maybe even competition going between the teams as
>> > well as team discussion within them.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> >
>> > Rosalind Warner