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Student Engagement
Equation
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@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com
student
engagement
WORK TO IMPROVE
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
“Please draw what teaching looks like in
this school.”
“Please draw what teaching looks like in
this school.”
WORK TO IMPROVE
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT
my family...
my	
  family...
my	
  family...
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What	
  mo(vates	
  and	
  engages	
  each	
  of	
  them?
What	
  would	
  happen	
  if...? 12
What	
  would	
  happen	
  if...? 13
What	
  would	
  happen	
  if...? 14
What	
  would	
  happen	
  if...? 15
What	
  would	
  happen	
  if...?
What	
  mo(vates	
  and	
  engages	
  each	
  of	
  them?
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engagement
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engagement
student
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engagement
student
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engagement
student
What makes
him/her prickly?
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engagement
student
What do you know about
him/her other than that
he/she annoys you?
CONNECT W/ EVERY
STUDENT...
ESPECIALLY THE
PRICKLY ONES!
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engagement
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engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory
difficult tasks
difficult tasks
How?
Let’s try it!
Pre-test
Post-test
Pre-test
Post-test
What did he
do to try to
improve
both?
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engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory
belief that
there are
benefits to the
given task
belief that
they will
succeed in a
given task
WORK STRATEGICALLY
TO IMPROVE
STUDENTS’
EXPECTANCY AND
VALUE OF LEARNING
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student
engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory
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engagement
student
my	
  boys...
my	
  boys...
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GET KIDS TO WHERE
THEY NEED TO GO
FASTER
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Chrome Browser
GET YOURSELF
ORGANIZED
88
CONNECT
AND
PILFER
WEBSITES
People Topics
Twitter
Sign-up
Follow
@curtischandler6
People Topics
Twitter TweetDeck
# Hashtags to Follow
#earlyed
#elemchat
#educoach
#STEM
#pbl
#pblchat
#literacy
#edtech
#spedchat
#homeschooling
#homeschool
#unschool
TweetDeck
Twitter
TweetDeck
HootSuite
CONNECT
AND
PILFER
ACCELERATING
GRADING AND DATA
COLLECTION
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7	
  Tech	
  Tools	
  for	
  Fast	
  FormaDve	
  
Assessment	
  (MiddleWeb)
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SPEND SOME TIME
PLAYING AROUND
SPEND SOME TIME
PLAYING AROUND
Explaining	
  Processes/Part-­‐to-­‐whole	
  
RelaDonships
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Quick	
  AnimaDons
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student
Google ‘Top Free Apps on iTunes’
Google ‘Top Free Apps on iTunes’
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What do we seem to be doing with
technology?
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Networking
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Checking the weather...
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Searching for Information
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On Pinterest
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GIF sharing...
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GIF sharing...
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Trying to find romance online...
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Taking & Sharing Pics
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Playing with Video
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Drawing & Coloring
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Shopping
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Navigating
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Paying for rides with strangers...
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Trying to find their phone...
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Listening to & sharing
music...
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Creating
audio & music...
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Playing LOTS of games!
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What do we seem to be doing with
technology?
What is the purpose of technology
enriched education?
Focus on the PRESENT--school should reflect
the world that they are in now!
Focus on the FUTURE--School should prepare them
for tools and problems they will occur later on!
Reflect the real-world AND
prepare them for the future!
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Drawing & Coloring
For doodlers...
Visual Note-taking
http://showwithmedia.com/visual-notetaking/
_________
making
Visual Note-taking
InkFlow
_________
making
Adobe Ideas
Visual Note-taking
_________
making
http://showwithmedia.com/visual-notetaking/
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Drawing & Coloring
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Listening to & sharing
music...
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Creating
audio & music...
.com
From Consumers to Creators
TRANSFORM THEM
FROM AUDIO
CONSUMERS TO
AUDIO PRODUCERS
From Consumers to Creators
Songs
Jingles
Podcasts
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From Consumers to Creators
Songs
Jingles
Podcasts
One-take recording...
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One-take recording!
Audio editing tools...
http://remarkablechatter.org/category/
podcasts/better-learning-for-schools/
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Better Learning For Schools Podcast
From Consumers to Creators
From Consumers to Creators
Songs
Jingles
Podcasts
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Taking & Sharing Pics
Selfie Syndrome
PROVIDE STUDENTS
WITH PHOTO-TAKING
TIPS AND
OPPORTUNITIES!
Take pictures and video!
5 Dollar Photo Competition
5 Dollar Photo Competition
5 Dollar Photo Competition
Send your ‘pics’ to
timhass@essdack.org
PROVIDE STUDENTS
WITH PHOTO-TAKING
TIPS AND
OPPORTUNITIES!
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.
Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.
email it to me at curtisc@essdack.org
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Taking & Sharing Pics
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Playing with Video
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Think of you device as video
making device!
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Think of you device as video
camera!
Simple (creative) video
projects
Simple (creative) video
projects
Simple (creative) video
projects
Simple (creative) video
projects
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Think of you device as video
camera!
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Correct
InfoNovelty &
Humor
Clarity
Teachers must experience this as
learner for it to permeate their
own instructional/assessment
practices!
1. In a group of two or three
“like” persons, pick
something coming up in
your content area.
2. Create a short introductory
video or one verse of a
vocabulary song.
3. Make it accurate and funny.
4. Do it in one take, and record it.
5. Share your video with Curtis.
Teacher Created
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Correct
InfoNovelty &
Humor
Clarity
Playing LOTS of Games
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The Foos
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student
CONNECT W/ EVERY
STUDENT...
ESPECIALLY THE
PRICKLY ONES!
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student
engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory
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student
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What do we seem to be doing with
technology?
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Student Engagement
Equation
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@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com
student
engagement
Apps and Activities for Fostering
Creativity and Content Creation
785-844-0899
CurtisC@essdack.org
Prescriptions4Education.com
@CurtisChandler6
Creativity is balance among synthetic,
analytic, and practical abilities.
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2
3
Sternberg & Williams, 1996
Creativity--the ability to
create something
unique, inventive, novel,
and... of course...useful.
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102
Wall Word Song…
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103
Student Created…
Kahoot.it
Gamification
Game-based Learning
Gamification
vs
How can I get
my students to
learn this?learn
How can I get
my students to
learn this?experience
How can I get my students
to learn this?experience
What sort of restaurant
could I create?
What sort of restaurant
could I create?
Control/Choice…
Control/Choice…
https://www.hstry.co/timelines/history-of-cuban-u-s-relations
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Augmented Reality!
AR Flashcards
Dinosaurs
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248
3D Modeling
Photospeak
TinkerCAD,
Sketchup,
SweetHome3D
Shapeways
250
Story Telling
Storehouse
AdobeVoice
Our Story
Simple (creative) video projects
251
Simple (creative) video projects
252
253
What learning activities could
take the form of stop motion?
254
Think of you device as video
camera!
258
Think of you device as video
camera!
Simple (creative) video projects
259
Simple (creative) video projects
260
Simple (creative) video projects
261
TouchCast
TouchCast
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Music Making
Loop HD
Creativity is balance among synthetic,
analytic, and practical abilities.
1
2
3
Sternberg & Williams, 1996
Creativity--the ability to
create something
unique, inventive, novel,
and... of course...useful.
Apps and Activities for Fostering
Creativity
785-844-0899
CurtisC@essdack.org
www.BetterLearningForSchools.com
@CurtisChandler6
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@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com
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hSp://padlet.com/curDsc/think
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hSp://padlet.com/curDsc/water
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The use of questions,
especially higher-order
questions, is often
considered a worthwhile
teaching strategy.!
Hattie, 2009; Marzano et al., 2001!
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Seek to maximize
participation.!
Silver et al., 2012!
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Empathy!
283
Engage students in evidence-
based writing and thinking!!
...Me!
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Who would win in a battle...a
ninja or a pirate?!
287
The reason I
feel this way is
because...!
For example...!
Who would win in a battle...a
ninja or a pirate?!
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289
Inferential questions teach
students to read/look closely
and to draw conclusions.!
...Me!
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What does
this seem
to be a
map of?!
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What does
this seem
to be a
map of?!
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What does
this seem
to be a
map of?!
295
What does
this seem
to be a
map of?!
296
What are some
potential results
of such high
densities of racial
groups?!
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Inferential questions teach
students to read/look closely
and to draw conclusions.!
...Me!
299
What did he/she do wrong?!
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What is the correct answer? !
!
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What is the correct answer? !
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What do you think? Why? !
!
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What is the correct answer? !
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What are other perspectives? !
!
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What is the correct answer? !
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Explain your thinking/solution to me. !
!
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What is the correct answer? !
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What are other ways to solve this problem? !
!
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Megalodon
Great White Teacher
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@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com

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