BEA Ignite: Rapid-Fire Innovative Teaching Ideas

Showcasing your most innovative teaching ideas. As part of our quest for the most innovative teaching ideas, we present “BEA Ignite” – where you can share your best classroom project/exercise/ideas. Following the traditional “ignite” format, presenters get 5 minutes and 20 slides to share their passionate teaching idea. The seven best “ignite” ideas were selected to make their presentations “live” during this BEA2026 session.Andrew David, Moderator/HostMichael Bruce, Producer Lauren Bavis, Syracuse University - How PR and Journalism Students Collaborate on “Both Sides of the Podium” Kara Gould, Samford University - Using Informal Debate within Panel Discussions to Encourage Student Engagement in the Classroom Christine Guest, Ithaca College - Co-Lab with Yamdu: Unlocking TV/Film Team Teaching Angelica Kalika, University of Colorado Boulder - Beat the Machine Teresa Puente, California State University - Long Beach - Creating a Social Video Awareness Campaign Danna Ramos, University of the Incarnate Word - Pop Culture Broadcast Lakshmi N Tirumala, Drake University - Voice Before Camera - Teaching Media Students to Speak Story First