student engagement in our classrooms
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Student Engagement in our Classrooms
Mentorship: March 11, 2010
Agenda – March 11, 2010
Time to catch up!Exploring student engagementPlanning for student engagement
6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 1You are listening to jazz -- Your first day at work is great. Your fellow teachers are wonderful, your classroom is cute, you love your students, and your principal is the best!
6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 2You are listening to pop music -- After a while you are so busy that you are not sure if you're coming or going anymore.
6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 3You are listening to heavy metal -- This is what you feel like after ONE month.
6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 4You are listening to hip hop -- You become bloated due to stress, you're gaining weight due to lack of exercise because you are so tired and have so much school work to do when you get home, you feel sluggish. Your fellow teachers are too cheerful for your liking and the walls of your classroom are closing in. You have started thinking 'WHATEVER' about your principal.
6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 5You are listening to GANGSTA RAP -- After more time passes, your eyes start to twitch, you forget what a 'good hair day' feels like as you just fall out of bed and load up on caffeine.
6 Phases of TeachingPHASE 6You are listening to the voices in your head -- You have locked your classroom door to keep people out, You wonder WHY you are even here in the first place and WHY did I become a teacher!
Critical Friends Discussion
Student Engagement
Experiencing Engagement??
Experiencing EngagementSchlechty’s 5 Levels of
Engagement
1.Engagement“I’m in the zone”
2. Strategic Compliance
This better be worth my time! If it is, I’ll commit, if not, I’ll quit.
3. Ritual Compliance
What do I have to do to get this over with and get out?
4. RetreatismI’d rather
be_______________. What’s the point of
this?
5. RebellionYou can’t make me…
Rate Yourself
1. You’ve just been introduced to the cup stacking activity. Your first impression was…Rate your level of engagement.
2. Think back to when you were in high school. You are entering math class. Think about your teacher and your experience within that class. Rate your level of engagement.
3. Think about your experience of earning you Education degree. Rate your level of engagement overall through that process.
Self-Assessment
Scenario 1◦How did you rate yourself◦Move to the rating that best describes you◦2 min. discussion◦Spokesperson – share 1 reason
Scenario 2Scenario 3
So, what does student engagement look like?
A Tale of Two Lessons (10 min)
Groups of 4 - 2 pairsDivide into pairs A & BPair A reads Teacher A scenarioPair B reads Teacher B scenarioAnalyze the lesson: List characteristics of:
◦The teacher’s talk/questions◦The student’s talk/responses
Debrief with Partners (15 min)
Meet with the other pairCompare the two lists – what did you find?Which teacher was more effective? Why?
Poster paper – brainstorm a list of questioning strategies that promote student engagement (Post on the wall)
Large Group Debrief
Questioning Strategies
Reflection & Transition
What is one idea that you will take from this discussion and use in your classroom?
The Big Picture
Technology
Assessment
Pedagogy
Curriculum
21st Century Skills
Inspiring Ed.
School Act/TQS
Setting the
Direction
Essential Question
What is student engagement?
Assumption & Misconception
"This generation of student is expert in using new media to
entertain themselves but knows very little about how to use it as a
tool for learning."
Michael Wesch
Table Discussion: Placemat
In reference to 21st Century Classrooms:
~ What is an engaged learner?
~ What types of tasks engage learners? What is it about the tasks that are engaging?
~ What types of assessment practices engage learners? What is it about these practices that engages learners?
Question/Comment/Addition
15 minutes
Student Engagement
Seinfeld as a History Teacher
Looking for Learning in 21st Century Classrooms
There are many lenses which to view learning in 21st Century Classrooms - Technology is merely one.
Today's best schools are measured by their ability to provide students with:
Differentiated Instruction
Dynamic Learning Environments
Unique opportunities to create, collaborate and communicate
--at ALL grade levels, and in ALL subjects--
21st Century SkillsHow Do We Get There?
What does it mean for a school to focus on 21st century skills?
Is it starting a classroom blog and making your students do a PowerPoint presentation . . . or is it something more?
Questions to ask yourself....
How is technology being used in my classes?
New way to do old things?
Doing something that otherwise wouldn't have been possible?
Making tasks efficient to help develop conceptual understanding?
Blooms Goes Digital
Planning with Technology
TPACK
Instructional Planning
TPACK Game
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