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Creativity is the key to keeping the current generation engaged in the classroom.

"Today's students have so many more distractions—buzzes and beeps from their cellphones letting them constantly know someone wants their attention," said Agatha Engel, CPA, assistant professor at Northern Virginia Community College in Woodbridge, Va. "You need to drown out the noise and keep the focus on your course topic. In other words, it only works if you keep the course interesting and challenging."

Here, Engel and three other accounting faculty members share their ideas:

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