student engagement: what does it mean and how do we increase it? 5.1.12

Student Engagement:

What does it mean and how do we increase it?

5.1.12

Engagement, Learning & Technology

Is it possible to connect these three?

Goals for our morning…

• Learn from our colleagues

• Explore the work of engagement by Marzano & Pickering

• Experience additional ways to incorporate technology in learning (adult & student)

• Dialogue what to take back to your PLC

How Do I Feel?

Deep Listening Experience

Creating Positive Community through Dialogue

3 minutes – to tell the story of your life

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1 minute to share

Why do you do this work?Why do you get up each morning and do your job?

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30 seconds to tell your partnerwhat you appreciate about them

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How do I feel?

Voices in the roomPositive feeling tone

Appreciation

The Highly Engaged Classroom by Marzano & Pickering

Am I interested?

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Lingo Translator

Share with a table colleague, a favorite video, site, or other

web-based thingy

How many times a day do you use your cell phone?

calls, gps, text-messaging

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How many times a day do you use your cell phone instructionally with kids?

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What are your biggest concerns in using cell phone in your class?

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Do I have their attention?Are they engaged?

“If the answer to the first question is no, the teacher looks for ways to raise the emotional tone of the classroom and

pique students’ interests.”

“If the answer to the second question is no, the teacher looks for ways to help students recognize the importance of the content and raise their senses of efficacy regarding the

content.”

• Individual focused read• Expert Groups• Content Frames• Home Groups

Puzzling

1. How do I feel? 2. Am I interested? 3. Is this important?4. Can I do this?

Individual Read

Expert Groups w/ Content Frame

Home Groups

Teaching Generation TEXT

Toys to Tools

Cautions:rules, procedures, consequences

Connecting to your expectations:

Respect yourself and others

What we will see….• Video

What we will NOT see…• wtf-

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Today’s Sites

Resources

• Teaching Generation Text: Using Cell Phones to Enhance Learning by Nielsen & Webb

• Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education by Kolb

• The Highly Engaged Classroom by Marzano & Pickering

Goals for our morning…

• Learn from our colleagues

• Explore the work of engagement by Marzano & Pickering

• Experience additional ways to incorporate technology in learning (adult & student)

• Dialogue what to take back to your PLC

Kristine Gullen, Ph.D.

Thank you!