While many of us are really excited about the Come, Follow Me curriculum in Priesthood and Relief Society, some teachers have had some anxiety over it. It’s quite a change! And if you’re a Gospel Doctrine teacher, I think you know what’s coming, right? [Rather see this article as a video? Watch here.] We’re shifting […]

Why is creating a culture of preparation in a gospel class important? A prepared class equals or even surpasses a prepared teacher in importance in the gospel classroom. With the Come, Follow Me program in Priesthood and Relief Society, unprepared participants make for very same-y, low-level, boring discussions. It also puts a tremendous amount of […]

We’ve done it! We’ve recorded several of our trainings and made those videos available for anyone to watch. We’ve got several actual videos with a person talking, and then we’ve got a couple of screencasts showing how to use specific tools. Ready? You can find them all on our YouTube channel. If you would like […]

There’s a lesson we can learn from video game designers. They deliberately make even complicated games easy to engage in. This is called onboarding. They recognize that the most important time in any activity is the very beginning if your goal is to promote engagement. We know this from parties, too. Think about it: how […]

Is it ever okay for a teacher to go over time when he or she is teaching? The short answer? No. Warning: plain speaking ahead. This article may come across as somewhat blunt, and that is to make sure the importance of it is not lost in overly flowery language. If it applies to you, […]