So, a couple of ideas: 1) - when a team completes the tRAT, they bring their IFAT card to the front of the class. When you have 1/2 of the cards in, you put on the timer for 3-5 more minutes for all other teams to finish. You can have the class vote on the amount of time remaining after 1/2 are 'in.' This works well to move things along. 2)- have a defined time limit for the tRAT to be completed, use the timer on the screen, whatever. Usually, you'll know how much time after you run a module once. Dean Dean Parmelee, M.D. Robert J. Kegerreis Distinguished Professor of Teaching Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Boonshoft School of Medicine Wright State University Dayton, Ohio http://www.med.wright.edu/aa/parmelee.html On Aug 30, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Sarah Leupen wrote: > Hi Noam, > > This is a common issue. Many of us use "sponge activities" to sponge up the extra time while the other teams finish the tRAT. I teach anatomy, so I have the teams start anatomy labeling games online or on worksheets during this time, and then we move on to the applications when everyone is done. It's also a good time to check in with teams (the ones that are done) and get to know the individuals in them a bit better. > > It's also possible to move the appeals process outside of class time, if that ends up being the part that takes up a lot of time. > > Sarah Leupen > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:00 AM, TEAMLEARNING-L automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is 1 message totalling 30 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. idle time during RAPs > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:45:06 -0700 > From: Noam Perry <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: idle time during RAPs > > This semester is my first attempt at TBL, and I just had my first RAP > with my class, Human Rights and Justice. It went great, and I am > looking forward to see how this semester progresses. > One thing that I noticed was that some teams were a lot faster than > the other. The fastest team completed the tRAT first, and had nothing > to appeal because they got everything right (it was very easy). The > slowest team took the longest time taking the tRAT, and then had a lot > it could potentially appeal. So the fastest teams had some 15 minutes > of waiting time while other teams were doing appeals. Since it was the > first RAP I encouraged them to use this time to get to know each other > better, but I was wondering if anyone has something productive the > fastest teams can do in this time. > Thanks, > Noam > ---------------------------------------------- > Noam Perry > Lecturer > Department of Justice Studies > San Jose State University > One Washington Square > San Jose, CA 95192 > > ------------------------------ > > End of TEAMLEARNING-L Digest - 28 Aug 2012 to 29 Aug 2012 (#2012-126) > ********************************************************************* >