Experience has convinced me that traditional lectures are easy for the professor, but are not always the best educational approach for the majority of my students. Over the years I have tried to incorporate more active approaches in the classroom. I incorporated many active learning activities and added technology-driven modifications to my courses. More recently I tried adding problem-based learning (PBL) to my classes. I found that light use of a modified form of PBL along with a variety of other active learning elements have improved the level of student involvement, classroom morale, and, ultimately, the learning that occurred in my classes.