Great Ideas For Teaching (GIFT) Award
The award recognizes the best strategy, activity or technique employed to address
an instructional problem/goal in the GEO course. The purposes of this award are to
a) encourage effective and innovative teaching in sections of GEO, b) share effective
teaching ideas with colleagues, c) provide formal and public reward for excellent
teaching techniques, and d) foster a culture of reflection, intentionality, and innovation
in GEO sections.
Past recipients of the GIFT Award:
- Cindy Hanson in 2019-2020 for "Dictator Island"
- Lucia Gordon in 2018-2019 for 鈥淩elaxation Techniques Toolbox鈥
- Michael Sperla in 2017-2018 for "What's My Cultural Bag"
- Terri Metzger in 2016-2017 for "Ending the Semester with Interactive Integration of
Learning: 'GEO Kicks Ass' and Other Key Lessons"
- Catherine Matsumoto in 2015-2016 for 鈥淭hesis-No Thesis: Identifying Your Specific
Purpose for a Speech鈥
- Jules Saner in 2014-2015 for 鈥淗ello Bingo Introductions鈥
- Terri Metzger in 2013-2014 for 鈥淓stablishing Active Participation Starting with Syllabus
Exploration on the First Day鈥
- Jennifer Lynch (Mellow) in 2012-2013 for 鈥淭he Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Lesson
in Listening鈥