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Let’s Get Engaged!: Let’s Get Engaged!:
Leslie Grahn, World Language Resource TeacherLeslie Grahn, World Language Resource Teacher
Howard County Public SchoolsHoward County Public Schools
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Participants will…
1. Examine the topics of motivation and engagement.2. Explore strategies for engaging students in learning.3. Reflect on their practice.
Participants will…
1. Examine the topics of motivation and engagement.2. Explore strategies for engaging students in learning.3. Reflect on their practice.
Session Outcomes
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Workshop WikiWorkshop Wikihttp://letsgetengaged.wikispaces.com/http://letsgetengaged.wikispaces.com/
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Getting Engaged: Metaphorical Thinking
Getting Engaged: Metaphorical Thinking
How is engaging students like getting engaged?
How is engaging students like getting engaged?
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Motivating students to engage in class activities
Motivating students to engage in class activities
Relate learning to real lifeGive students control over learningAssign challenging but achievable tasksArouse students’ curiosityDesign projects that allow students to share with others
Relate learning to real lifeGive students control over learningAssign challenging but achievable tasksArouse students’ curiosityDesign projects that allow students to share with others
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Components of a brain-friendly classroom
Components of a brain-friendly classroom
Experiential, inductive, hands-on learning Absence of threat paired with high
challenge Providing for student choice Helping students construct meaning Relying on the familiar, looking for the
novel Accurate, timely feedback
Experiential, inductive, hands-on learning Absence of threat paired with high
challenge Providing for student choice Helping students construct meaning Relying on the familiar, looking for the
novel Accurate, timely feedback
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Brain-friendly techniquesBrain-friendly techniques
Use humor Use personal stories Use novelty Use movement Use music Connect learning Use metacognition Evoke emotions Use visuals
Use humor Use personal stories Use novelty Use movement Use music Connect learning Use metacognition Evoke emotions Use visuals
Think-Pair-ShareThink-Pair-Share
How have you recently How have you recently used one or more of used one or more of these strategies?these strategies?
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Let’s do some hands-on hands-on learning
Let’s do some hands-on hands-on learning
FOLDABLESFOLDABLES
Poof bookPoof book
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Let’s make a”smoosh” book!
Let’s make a”smoosh” book!
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A great resource: Read-Write-Think.org
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Poof Books on ReadWriteThink.org
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Text box for information
Text box for information
Text box for information
Picture to go with text on p.3
Picture to go with text on p.5
Picture to go with text on p.7
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Get on your feet!Get on your feet!
Step left/step right
Human graphs
Corners
Graffiti
Step left/step right
Human graphs
Corners
Graffiti
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Favorite Out-of-seat Activity
Favorite Out-of-seat Activity
Name a favorite out-of-seat activity into one block on grid.
As you walk around the room, find 8 other people with ideas and take notes in the other blocks.
Name a favorite out-of-seat activity into one block on grid.
As you walk around the room, find 8 other people with ideas and take notes in the other blocks.
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What do students say about class participation?
What do students say about class participation?
(Survey from an ESL class in Japan)
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Voices of students on participation
Voices of students on participation
3-2-13-2-1
33 things you things you expectedexpected
22 things that things that surprised yousurprised you
11 thing you still thing you still wonder aboutwonder about
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5 Elements of Cooperative Learning
5 Elements of Cooperative Learning
1.1. Positive InterdependencePositive Interdependence
2.2. Face-to-Face InteractionFace-to-Face Interaction
3.3. Individual and Group AccountabilityIndividual and Group Accountability
4.4. Interpersonal and Small-Group SkillsInterpersonal and Small-Group Skills
5.5. Group ProcessingGroup Processing
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Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning
3-step interviewInside-outside circlesNumbered heads togetherSend a problemJigsawThink-Pair-ShareGraffitiFour Corners
3-step interviewInside-outside circlesNumbered heads togetherSend a problemJigsawThink-Pair-ShareGraffitiFour Corners
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Cooperative LearningCooperative Learning
Write the types of cooperative learning you have used on the PLACEMAT
Write the types of cooperative learning you have used on the PLACEMAT
Tell about…Tell about…
•What it isWhat it is
•How you used itHow you used it
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Inside-Outside Circles
Reflection
Inside-Outside Circles
Reflection1. One practice I use to
engage students is…2. This session has made me
think about…3. A strategy I will implement
in my classroom is…4. I would like to find out
more about…
1. One practice I use to engage students is…
2. This session has made me think about…
3. A strategy I will implement in my classroom is…
4. I would like to find out more about…
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Today, we’ve talked about ENGAGEMENT in terms of:Today, we’ve talked about ENGAGEMENT in terms of:
Motivation Brain-friendly strategie
s Hands-on activities Out-of-seat activities Student participation Cooperative learning
Motivation Brain-friendly strategie
s Hands-on activities Out-of-seat activities Student participation Cooperative learning
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What else is in the packet?What else is in the packet?
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Other topics on the Let’s Get Engaged! wiki
Other topics on the Let’s Get Engaged! wiki
Empowering students through reflection and feedback
Beginnings and Ends in Mind Let’s Get Visual! Are we there yet?: Actual and virtual
field trips Thinking about thinking Crossing curricular boundaries Popping the questions
Empowering students through reflection and feedback
Beginnings and Ends in Mind Let’s Get Visual! Are we there yet?: Actual and virtual
field trips Thinking about thinking Crossing curricular boundaries Popping the questions
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Closure Choose TwoExit tickets
Closure Choose TwoExit tickets
1. One thing I learned today was ...
2. Something from today's workshop that I want to find out more about is ...
3. Something I found difficult to understand today was ...
4. I really enjoyed today's workshop because ...
5. I found today's workshop challenging because ...
1. One thing I learned today was ...
2. Something from today's workshop that I want to find out more about is ...
3. Something I found difficult to understand today was ...
4. I really enjoyed today's workshop because ...
5. I found today's workshop challenging because ...
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Let’s Get Engaged!: Let’s Get Engaged!:
Leslie Grahn, World Language Resource TeacherLeslie Grahn, World Language Resource Teacher
Howard County Public SchoolsHoward County Public Schools