1. plug them in
leveraging technology
for student engagement
Shelley Paul & Sara Wilkie
@lottascales | @sewilkie #blc11 #blcplug
BLC 2011 | July 29, 2011
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14. What motivates you to
learn?
What must you have in
order for your learning
to be successful?
What causes you to pay
attention, even if the
topic you are studying is
not your favorite?
What makes you shut
down?
Adapted from: http://www.angelamaiers.com/2008/04/engagement-plea.html
15. How can we create/avoid those
conditions in our classrooms?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/csessums/4475297000/
18. “When it comes to motivation,
there’s a gap between what science
knows and what education does.
Our current school operating
system–which is built around
external, carrot-and-stick
motivators–doesn’t work and often
does harm. We need an upgrade.
And the science shows the way.”
changes in red are ours
48. Back
Channels
http://spicylearning.wordpress.com/2010/04/14/handhelds-in-the-classroom-test-taking-
with-the-backchannel/
49.
50. Wrong Turns:
“The rock, Becuase Garrett
couldnt find the size that
Richie needed to build it. So
Garrett so he used a Harry-
Potter book.We put a spring
in the middle instead of a
soccer cone but the spring
wasnt stabble enough.”
51. Experience the
Diana Laufenberg
Learning
http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach.html
56. “Like other leaders,
great teachers understand
that best practice
cannot be defined outside the context
in which it occurs.
What is best practice in one context
may be malpractice in the next.”
P. Schlechty, Working on the Work
