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Engaging Gear

What is Engaging Gear?

Engaging Gear is a collection of items that help faculty to fully implement an active learning technique in their course. These items are available to all faculty to check out for classroom use. 

 

What items are available?

Items were selected to bring enhanced active learning in all classrooms across campus. The items pictured below are available to check out. If there is an item that is not in our collection that you think would be valuable for faculty use, send us an email at tlc@shsu.edu

 

How do you check out items?

Contact us at tlc@shsu.edu or 4-2688 to check out Engaging Gear. 

Items for Loan

Items in this list are available for loan to instructors throughout the semester.

Colored, plastic chips for game pieces, scoring, lotteries, sorting and team structuring activities.

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Buzzers are great for quiz games. There are 4 available.

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Good for creating illustrations, designs, and organizing notes. 4 boxes available.

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These are great for escape room andragogy, communication exercises and numeracy exercises.

There are 50 of each color available. Great for graphs, mind maps, projects and more.

Dice set with 100 dice in 10 different colors - 1 set available. Great for simulations of probability in any discipline.

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This can be used as a cell phone parking lot, clicker question voting method, sequencing exercises, logical thinking, numeracy, etc. The chart has 42 pockets. There is 1 available.

These are great for group work, sharing answers, clicker-type questions, etc. There are two styles - blank and those with grids. There are 118 blank lapboards available. Those with grids are great for courses that involve graphing.

These are similar to the blank lapboards, but include graphing lines. These are especially great for courses that involve graphing data elements, drawing to scale, etc.

Post-it adhesive sheets can be removed from the pad and fastened without damage to virtually any surface. Good for group work. Sheets are 30"OAH x 23.5" OAW.

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Use these colored cubes as hands-on manipulatives for classroom activities. 1 box is available with 100 pieces.

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Expo dry-erase markers are an excellent companion for the lap boards. There are 89 available.

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These are for writing prompts, hidden messages, quotes, big ideas. There are 2 available.

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These are great for drawings, question pools, and giveaways. There are 2 available.

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A smaller version of the large fish-bowl, ideal for drawings, question pools, etc. There are 2 available.

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You are welcome to come to the TLC Office (in CHSS C002) and use our laminator. We stock film for small projects. 

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Use these letters as hands-on manipulatives for classroom activities. 1 set available.

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Nice companion to the easel board, these markers come in assorted colors. There are 78 available. They are permanent markers - see the Expo markers for dry-erase boards.

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This heavy-duty stapler is excellent for class projects. 2 available.

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This game encourages logical thinking, precision, communication and categorization. There is 1 available.

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This timer helps keep students and instructor on task during active times. 1 available.

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These work well as presentation, speech or debate timers. They have the ability to lower the buzzer sound or light up to indicate when time runs out.

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These timers help keep students and instructor on task during active times. There are 6 available.

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These erasers are made for removing dry-erase marks from whiteboards. There are 36 available.

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This presentation accessory helps the instructor move about the room during presentations. There is a USB connector. The presenter advances slides and has a laser pointer.

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Mailing: The Teaching & Learning Center, Box 2390, Huntsville, TX 77341-2390

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