This document discusses strategies for improving student engagement through the use of technology in education. It recommends focusing on both the present and future by reflecting the real world while preparing students for future tools and problems. Specific strategies proposed include having students identify examples of curriculum topics in the real world, transforming them from audio consumers to producers through music creation tools, providing photo-taking tips and opportunities, and thinking of devices as video cameras to create simple video projects. The document emphasizes connecting with every student, especially prickly ones, through the use of games, gamification, and higher-order thinking questions.

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Solving the
Student Engagement
Equation
Curtis Chandler, Ph.D.
@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com
student
engagement

2. WORK TO IMPROVE
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT

3. “Please draw what teaching looks like in
this school.”

4. “Please draw what teaching looks like in
this school.”

5. WORK TO IMPROVE
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT

6. my family...

7. my
family...

8. my
family...

9. 9
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student
engagement

10. What
mo(vates
and
engages
each
of
them?

12. What
would
happen
if...? 12

13. What
would
happen
if...? 13

14. What
would
happen
if...? 14

15. What
would
happen
if...? 15

16. What
would
happen
if...?

25. What
mo(vates
and
engages
each
of
them?

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student
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?

31. CONNECT W/ EVERY
STUDENT...
ESPECIALLY THE
PRICKLY ONES!

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engagement
student

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engagement
student

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engagement
student

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student
engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory

37. difficult tasks

38. difficult tasks

40. How?

47. Let’s try it!

48. Pre-test
Post-test

57. Pre-test
Post-test

60. What did he
do to try to
improve
both?

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student
engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory

65. belief that
there are
benefits to the
given task
belief that
they will
succeed in a
given task

67. WORK STRATEGICALLY
TO IMPROVE
STUDENTS’
EXPECTANCY AND
VALUE OF LEARNING

68. 68
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student
engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory

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engagement
student

70. my
boys...

71. my
boys...

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84. GET KIDS TO WHERE
THEY NEED TO GO
FASTER

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Chrome Browser

87. GET YOURSELF
ORGANIZED

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89. CONNECT
AND
PILFER

90. WEBSITES

91. People Topics

92. Twitter
Sign-up
Follow
@curtischandler6

93. People Topics
Twitter TweetDeck

95. # Hashtags to Follow
#earlyed
#elemchat
#educoach
#STEM
#pbl
#pblchat
#literacy
#edtech
#spedchat
#homeschooling
#homeschool
#unschool

96. TweetDeck

97. Twitter
TweetDeck
HootSuite

98. CONNECT
AND
PILFER

99. ACCELERATING
GRADING AND DATA
COLLECTION

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101. 101

102. 7
Tech
Tools
for
Fast
FormaDve
Assessment
(MiddleWeb)
102

103. SPEND SOME TIME
PLAYING AROUND

106. SPEND SOME TIME
PLAYING AROUND

107. Explaining
Processes/Part-­‐to-­‐whole
RelaDonships
107

108. Quick
AnimaDons
108

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student

113. Google ‘Top Free Apps on iTunes’

114. 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?

135. What is the purpose of technology
enriched education?

136. Focus on the PRESENT--school should reflect
the world that they are in now!

137. Focus on the FUTURE--School should prepare them
for tools and problems they will occur later on!

138. Reflect the real-world AND
prepare them for the future!

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Drawing & Coloring

140. For doodlers...

141. Visual Note-taking
http://showwithmedia.com/visual-notetaking/
_________
making

142. Visual Note-taking
InkFlow
_________
making
Adobe Ideas

143. 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...

148. .com

149. From Consumers to Creators

150. TRANSFORM THEM
FROM AUDIO
CONSUMERS TO
AUDIO PRODUCERS

151. From Consumers to Creators
Songs
Jingles
Podcasts

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154. From Consumers to Creators
Songs
Jingles
Podcasts

155. One-take recording...

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157. One-take recording!

158. Audio editing tools...

159. http://remarkablechatter.org/category/
podcasts/better-learning-for-schools/
159
Better Learning For Schools Podcast

160. From Consumers to Creators

161. From Consumers to Creators
Songs
Jingles
Podcasts

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Taking & Sharing Pics

163. Selfie Syndrome

164. PROVIDE STUDENTS
WITH PHOTO-TAKING
TIPS AND
OPPORTUNITIES!

165. Take pictures and video!

167. 5 Dollar Photo Competition

168. 5 Dollar Photo Competition

169. 5 Dollar Photo Competition
Send your ‘pics’ to
timhass@essdack.org

170. PROVIDE STUDENTS
WITH PHOTO-TAKING
TIPS AND
OPPORTUNITIES!

171. Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.

172. Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.

173. Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.

174. Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.

175. Chemical Energy
Thermal Energy
Kinetic Energy
Have students identify examples of
what they are learning in the world
around them.

176. 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!

186. Simple (creative) video
projects

187. Simple (creative) video
projects

188. Simple (creative) video
projects

189. Simple (creative) video
projects

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Think of you device as video
camera!

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Correct
InfoNovelty &
Humor
Clarity

192. Teachers must experience this as
learner for it to permeate their
own instructional/assessment
practices!

193. 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.

194. Teacher Created

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Playing with Video

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Correct
InfoNovelty &
Humor
Clarity

198. Playing LOTS of Games
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201. The Foos
201

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student
engagement

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____ + ____ + ____ =
engagement
student

204. CONNECT W/ EVERY
STUDENT...
ESPECIALLY THE
PRICKLY ONES!

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____ + ____ + ____ =
student
engagement
Expectancy/Value
Theory

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engagement
student

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What do we seem to be doing with
technology?

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engagement

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Solving the
Student Engagement
Equation
Curtis Chandler, Ph.D.
@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com
student
engagement

216. Apps and Activities for Fostering
Creativity and Content Creation
785-844-0899
CurtisC@essdack.org
Prescriptions4Education.com
@CurtisChandler6

218. Creativity is balance among synthetic,
analytic, and practical abilities.
1
2
3
Sternberg & Williams, 1996

219. 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…

223. Kahoot.it

225. Gamification

227. Game-based Learning
Gamification
vs

228. How can I get
my students to
learn this?learn

229. How can I get
my students to
learn this?experience

232. How can I get my students
to learn this?experience

237. What sort of restaurant
could I create?

238. What sort of restaurant
could I create?

239. Control/Choice…

240. Control/Choice…

242. https://www.hstry.co/timelines/history-of-cuban-u-s-relations
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Augmented Reality!
AR Flashcards
Dinosaurs

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3D Modeling
Photospeak
TinkerCAD,
Sketchup,
SweetHome3D

249. Shapeways

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Story Telling
Storehouse
AdobeVoice
Our Story

251. Simple (creative) video projects
251

252. Simple (creative) video projects
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What learning activities could
take the form of stop motion?

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Think of you device as video
camera!

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Think of you device as video
camera!

259. Simple (creative) video projects
259

260. Simple (creative) video projects
260

261. Simple (creative) video projects
261

262. TouchCast

263. TouchCast

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Music Making
Loop HD

272. Creativity is balance among synthetic,
analytic, and practical abilities.
1
2
3
Sternberg & Williams, 1996

273. Creativity--the ability to
create something
unique, inventive, novel,
and... of course...useful.

274. Apps and Activities for Fostering
Creativity
785-844-0899
CurtisC@essdack.org
www.BetterLearningForSchools.com
@CurtisChandler6

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Higher-level !
Thinking"
Curtis Chandler, Ph.D.
@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com

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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!

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Engage students in evidence-
based writing and thinking!!
...Me!

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Who would win in a battle...a
ninja or a pirate?!

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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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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. 295
What does
this seem
to be a
map of?!

296. 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!

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What did he/she do wrong?!

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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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311. Megalodon
Great White Teacher

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Higher-level !
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Curtis Chandler, Ph.D.
@CurtisChandler6
Prescriptions4Education.com