One other thought -- maybe the attached flier might be of interest after
you do the exercises with them (or show a video)? While the current flier
on the website is great, this one might work a bit better in this
situation due to its brevity. I believe that Jim Sibley put it together.

    - Bill


Dan said:

>    Hi everybody!
>    I have a chance to show off the TBL practice to interested colleagues, but
>    I have an absurdly short amount of time that cannot be altered (20
>    minutes). The topic can be condensed into a single detailed figure, so I
>    was thinking about the following itinerary:
>    First 5 minutes - Complete a 2 question individual RAT over the figure
>    they have just been handed.
>    Next 5 minutes - Do the Team RAT
>    Use the next two minutes to clear up misunderstandings from the RAT
>    Final 8 minutes - Application activity.
>    Is that condensing things too far? Should I really just focus on
>    designing a meaningful 20 minute application activity and explain that
>    students would have done a preparation process beforehand?
>    Thanks,
>    Dan
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>    Department of Biology
>    Georgia Southern University
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