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Dear Panos, When I was doing my PGCE, one of my tutors did this to us for real. Without warning, she deliberately came into the class late (which was uncharacteristic) and said, 'I don't know if I can be bothered today.' Then she handed out a scruffy worksheet (a photocopy of a photocopy, long before we used computers as a matter of course) and told us to get on with it, in pairs or on our own, 'I don't care how you do it, just do it.' Then she barked at a classmate who came in late (she'd been held up in traffic). I was just about to defend my classmate when the woman sitting next to me whispered, 'This has got to be a joke. She's having us on.' And of course she was right. She was teaching us about student expectations of professionalism and basic good manners. It's a lesson that has stuck with me ever since. I don't know if this will be of any help to you, but good luck with it. It sounds good. (The 'late' student had of course been warned that the teacher was going to shout at her. They'd set it up together.) Best wishes David Mathew >>> "Vlachopoulos, Panos" <[log in to unmask]> 22/10/2012 19:05 >>> Dear colleagues, I am looking to create a short but also fun 'learning object' to communicate with my PGCert participants things that they should avoid or at least think twice before they say to students when they start their lectures or any teaching session. Through an informal session with past PGCert participants we identified the following as possible ways to 'lose your students' attention in 30 seconds': 1. I am not an expert in this area but I was asked to cover the materials .... 2. I haven't updated this presentation for a while now...but 3. I know this presentation is going to be boring, but please try to focus.... 4. This is a very difficult lecture but.... Can you please add to this list your top phrase? My aim is to create a short 5-8 minutes video in the form of an animation with talking heads using the expressions that I will collect. I will make the video available through youtube to this list so you can use it if you think it would be of any use to you! I will acknowledge all contributors at the end of the video. Please reply directly to my e-mail to avoid overloading this mailist: [log in to unmask] Thank you Panos Dr Panos Vlachopoulos, B.Ed,M.Ed,PhD,FHEA Programme Director PGCPP Lecturer in Academic Practice Centre for Learning Innovation and Professional Practice Aston University Birmingham B4 7ET UK email: [log in to unmask] Telephone: 0121 204 5234 Virtual office (by appointment)