motivating the un-motivated january 2015
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Motivating the UN-Motivated
What Every Educator Needs to Know about Student
Engagement
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UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
WORK TO ENSURE THAT LEARNING TASKS ARE NEITHER TOO EASY NOR TOO DIFFICULT
SCAFFOLDING OF NEW SKILLS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
CHALLENGES
A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND
APPROACHES!
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Take pictures and video!Photo Competition
Photo Competition
Photo CompetitionPhoto Competition
Motivating the UN-Motivated
Traveled from district to district…
“Please draw what teaching looks like in this school.”
“Please draw what teaching looks like in this school.”
How is school portrayed in the
media?
*College and Career Readiness*Assessment*Safety*Parents*Contextual Factors
*College and Career Readiness*Assessment*Safety*Parents*Contextual Factors*Student Engagement!
Keys to Engaging Students
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
If we were going to do some serious
FISHING...
Keys to Engaging Students
collective efficacy
difficult tasks
difficult tasks
How?
Jot down an upcoming learning activity that students are likely to
struggle with.
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What would help you get more motivated to go on a run today?
UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
Let’s try it!
Pre-testPost-test
Pre-testPost-test
What did he do to try to
improve both?
What does that have to do with
us?
Rigor
Rigor Relevance
Rigor Relevance
WORK TO ENSURE THAT LEARNING TASKS ARE NEITHER TOO EASY NOR TOO DIFFICULT
SCAFFOLDING OF NEW SKILLS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES
Making inferences...
What are we looking at?How do you know?
What I think...
The reason I feel this way is
because...
What I think...
The reason I feel this way is
because...
For example...
What I think...
Who would win in a battle...a ninja or a pirate?
The reason I feel this way is
because...
For example...
Who would win in a battle...a ninja or a pirate?
WORK TO ENSURE THAT LEARNING TASKS ARE NEITHER TOO EASY NOR TOO DIFFICULT
SCAFFOLDING OF NEW SKILLS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES
Rigor Relevance
MDPT1. Stimuli
2. Guiding Questions
3. Written Response Time
Texts and Graphics
MDPT1. Stimuli
2. Guiding Questions
3. Written Response Time
Texts and Graphics
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MDPT1. Stimuli
2. Guiding Questions
3. Written Response Time
Texts and Graphics
Narrative ArgumentativeInformative
MDPT1. Stimuli
2. Guiding Questions
3. Written Response Time
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Nonlinguistic Representations Defined
Rigor Relevance
Revisit that upcoming learning activity that students are likely to
struggle with. What could you do to insure that it is rigorous, but not too challenging? What could you do to
scaffold and insure success.
Rigor Relevance
Relevant to the real world
PlayChallenge/Problem Solving
Cross-curricular
Me-centered
What are my students in
to?
Jot down 5-10 things your students care a lot
about.
Underline any of these topics that you might be able to include in your
class somehow.
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
Other Perspectives
Draw and share how people in other
countries probably view Americans.
Build a door for this sound-booth!
Build a door for this sound-booth!
What are some things we will need to
know about?
Build a door for this sound-booth!
What are some things we will need to
know about?
Where are we going to discover the answers to
those questions?
Build a door for this sound-booth!
What are some things we will need to
know about?
Where are we going to discover the answers to
those questions?
How can we evaluate our solutions?
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
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Megalodon
Great White Teacher
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
Polling tools...
Gamfied tools...
How can I get my students to learn this?experience
Selfie Syndrome
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
Researching iPhones & iPods
iPhone and iPod covers out of recyclables
iPhone and iPod covers out of recyclables
Pythagorean Theorem
Balloon cars
Balloon cars out of trash scraps!
Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem
Pythagorean Theorem
Rockets from straw and paper
Edible edifices...
Cranes out of balsa wood, popsicles, and string
Home-made insulated coolers!
Working wind-cars out of paper, straws, and candy.
The Paper-tower Challenge
3D printing to turn veggies into vehicles...
Radio-active Beans Challenge!
Radio-active Beans Challenge!
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
Interconnectednessand
Authenticity!
Problem-based Learning!
Drawing, Designing, and Prototyping!
STEAM’D Learning
Everything could be STEAM’D!
Interconnectednessand
Authenticity!
Problem-based Learning!
Drawing, Designing, and Prototyping!
STEAM’D Learning
Where does our water come from?
Where does our water come from?
Where does our water come from?
padlet.com/curtisc/water
Draw where you think water comes from?
Share your drawing at...
Where does our water come from?
Mini-explorations that provide skills and knowledge.
Mini-explorations that provide skills and knowledge.
Mini-explorations that provide skills and knowledge.
Salt = Highway/road pollutionVegetable oil = Oil from parking lots
Detergent = Car wash sudsPaper waste = Trash
Red water = Factory toxic wastePotting soil = Fertilizer from fields
Mini-explorations that provide skills and knowledge.
Water-filtration Systems
Mini-explorations that provide skills and knowledge.
Mini-explorations that provide skills and knowledge.
Design a system for pet-washing that reuses, recycles, and conserves
water.
Design a system for pet-washing that reuses, recycles, and conserves
water.
Design a system for pet-washing that reuses, recycles, and conserves
water.
Design a system for pet-washing that reuses, recycles, and conserves
water.
Relevant to the real world
PlayChallenge/Problem Solving
Cross-curricular
Me-centered
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
CHALLENGES
Could you survive off-the grid?
What would it take to survive off of the grid?
What would it take to survive off of the grid?
Mini-challenges on heating, cooling, renewable energy...
Build working models of solar-powered, off-the-grid homes.
PlayChallenge/Problem Solving
Cross-curricular
Me-centered
Rigor Relevance
How can teachers boost the expectancy and value of their students?
How can teachers boost the expectancy and value of their students?
Partner up A and B style.
How can teachers boost the expectancy and value of their students?
1. Person A talks for 1 minute.2. Person B talks for 1 minute
(without repeating anything).
How can teachers boost the expectancy and value of their students?
1. Person A talks for 1 minute.2. Person B talks for 1 minute
(without repeating anything).
Vicarious Experiences
Mastery Experiences
Pleasant Frustration
Social Persuasion
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Could WE play a hit song !?!
Wild thing you make my heart singYou make everything groovy, wild thing
Wild thing, I think I love youBut I wanna know for sureCome on, hold me tight, I love you
Wild thing you make my heart singYou make everything groovy, wild thing
What does that have to do with
us?
A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND
APPROACHES!
PAIRING, SHARING, AND BEYOND!
Draw a student you are working with right now
who seems to lack motivation.
Draw a student you are working with right now
who seems to lack motivation.
Feel free to use captions, labels, etc. that help explain your drawing.
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My family…
My family…
My education consultants…
I watch them play and learn.
What motivates them?
What is FUN for them?
What would happen if...
What would happen if...
What would happen if...
What is FUN for them?
What motivates EACH of them?
What is FUN for them?
1 thing we all have in common:
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But other than that...?
What motivates EACH of them?
What motivates EACH of them?
What is FUN for (EACH of) them?
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Revisit your of your picture of the ‘unmotivated’ student. On the back of the sticky note, write down everything else you know about him/her...other
than the fact that they are ‘unmotivated.’
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What we say and how we say it matters a great deal...
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Praise
“You are always the first one to raise your hand.”
“You got your best grade ever on this past quiz.”
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Encouragement“I am really impressed with how
hard you worked on this.”“You really seem to enjoy these
hands-on projects.”
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Interest“That is something I have never considered. Tell me a bit more.”
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Gratitude“You really helped keep the
laundry going today. Thank you for that.”
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Gratitude“You really helped keep the
conversation going today in class. Thank you for that.”
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Tony Hawk’s Underground
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What could that look like?
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DIFFERENTIATION
...provide multiple access points to concepts, skills, and materials...while maintaining the learning goal.
(Tomlinson & Allan, 2000).
...provide multiple access points to concepts, skills, and materials...while maintaining the learning goal.
(Tomlinson & Allan, 2000).
DIFFERENTIATION
Exit project-ROCK CREEK HS
“31 Rock Creek Seniors Exit Project”
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The “menu” approach to POWER
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Customization and Co-design
Customization and Co-design
Customization and Co-design
Customization and Co-design
Customization and Co-design
Mapwing
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English ShortsSCIENCE
English ShortsSCIENCE
Simple (creative) video projects
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English Shorts
English Shorts
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Who is the first-born?
STATUS/LEVEL UP
LEADER BOARDS
LEADER BOARDS
The world pays us what it thinks we are worth.
CLASS DOJO
SokicomSokikom
STATUS/LEVEL UP
Badgemaker
Badgemaker
Marvel.com
Group prestige...
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7000 bucks to not kiss anyone!
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My success or failure as a parent...
Revisit your of your picture of the ‘unmotivated’ student. On the back of the sticky note, write down everything else you know about him/her...other
than the fact that they are ‘unmotivated.’
Your success or failure as educators...
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How does he do that?
UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOL IS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS AS....
A) TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EASY
B) IRRELEVANT TO THE REAL WORLD
C) A COMBINATION OF A AND B
WORK TO ENSURE THAT LEARNING TASKS ARE NEITHER TOO EASY NOR TOO DIFFICULT
SCAFFOLDING OF NEW SKILLS AND THOUGHT PROCESSES
WHEN POSSIBLE, FOCUS ON TOPICS
THAT STUDENTS CARE ABOUT...
TEACH STUDENTS TO THINK
CRITICALLY ...ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO ON-LINE CONTENT
CREATE ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS THAT
RESEMBLE THE ACTIVITIES THEY
ENGAGE IN THE MOST
MAKE EXPLICIT CONNECTIONS TO REAL
WORLD
DELIBERATE ‘BLURRING’ BETWEEN
CONTENT AREAS
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
CHALLENGES
A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND
APPROACHES!
PraisePower
ProjectsPrestigePrizesPeople
Yeah toast!Yeah toast!Yeah toast!Yeah toast!
We learned a little bit about motivation here today......YOUR LINE
Curtis spoke a whole bunch, but the best part of what he said... ...YOUR LINE
Motivating the UN-Motivated
What Every Educator Needs to Know about Student
Engagement
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