This weeks topic was UGC and instead of asking questions and staring at blank, tired faces I challenged the students. I brought along my flip video camera and asked them to make a video during the discussion section on two topics: Define UGC & Give examples of UGCs.
So I flipped out of PowerPoint and typed this to my Twitter followers: "I need a cure for hiccups... RIGHT NOW! Help?" I hit Enter. I told the audience that we would start getting replies in 15 seconds, but it didn't even take that long. Here are some of the replies that began scrolling up the screen: