Classroom demonstrations and activities

While interacting with the search chair for a position that I'm applying for, I came across her website called Full Cranium, in which she gives sample assignments (I really like this one: a scrapbook of Lifespan-related items) as well as links to her previous presentations regarding teaching and technology. I like what she said:

(there is a)..."lack of available social comparison in order to judge how well one is doing. In other words, lack of idea sharing for teaching techniques may not stem from selfish proprietary beliefs but rather from the inability to gauge one's own success. To protect egos, ideas are not shared for fear that others will consider them sub-par. We don't know how well we are doing ourselves. How do we know the quality of our own work if we cannot compare to the work of others?"

As someone who has been teaching at the adjunct level for a few years now, and sharing my office space with whoever happens to be there from many departments in the college, this is a huge thing that I happen to be dealing with regularly. I was really excited to see someone out there coming at this "problem" from a social psychology perspective -- I have a tendency to just assume that since I'm female, I like to talk, and talk to other people, about what I'm doing (biological psychologist, at your service...). Because of the nature of the adjunct, this opportunity is rare, beyond the monthly departmental meetings in which I get to *meet*, let alone interact with, my colleagues.

One website I have encountered as a result of being a member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology  is their  wiki called ToPIX which is pretty comprehensive; they update it occasionally with links to demonstrations and a whole lot of links to media/Youtube clips divided up by topic, such as at Clips for Class.  They also have a separate page with teaching resources that can be helpful if you are looking for in-depth and specific ways to teach certain topics, including one about developing a neuroanatomy lab (Note to self...!).

I would love to see more of this around, and if my readers have links to other collections of psychology class activities, please share!