For my classes, I like to find more creative ways to encourage and get student participation. In my previous classes that I taught, I noticed that students will participate in classes more, when they have talked with me before, such as discussing a film before class starts. I have also noticed that if I share with students the things that I am currently doing in the professional field, they tend to talk more. Getting students together in working groups helps to form their own community, allowing them to trust and rely on each other for their projects.

I also like to bring in professionals from the field to talk with students, but only one speaker per course. In undergraduate classes that I have taken as a student, I noticed students lose interest when too many guest speakers were brought in. A good way to introduce students to the professional field is to make connections with the local broadcasters or filmmakers and have them visit the class.

My passion course would be to design a class focusing on films from the 1950s.