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Agenda for ORT 2/24/22
- Thurs. Feb. 24, 2022 @ 6-8 pm JOIN TLTT Week 4 ORT
- Welcome
- Announcement: Please share Spring 2022 Learning from our Learners Survey with your students (to be completed by them by March 21) The results will be shared with you in our last class.
- Activity in Small Groups (two rounds: Topic 1: Student Engagement, Topic 2: Classroom Management Scenarios Disruptive Behavior Scenarios)
- Looking ahead
We have two topics this week: Student Engagement and Classroom Management, so there are plenty of materials to explore! : )
Student Engagement
And it’s that human experience we need to not only acknowledge but rely on now. -Sean Michael Morris
Student Engagement, often poses the question, “what can I do to get my students to be engaged, involved…or care?” Perhaps you have more questions along these lines, or maybe you have answers to share with all of us! 🙂 As a place for us to begin, please Small Teaching Reprised with James Lange ( Transcript here) and then check out the presentation below (created for Professional Activity days in 2020).
I referenced this article How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging by Sarah Rose Cavanagh in my presentation. It’s a rich resource!
FYI: This is the author of the quote that was included in my presentation- Michael Tomasello, a psychology professor at Duke University, said, “Human thinking is individual improvisation enmeshed in a sociocultural matrix.”
Engaging Activity Ideas to Promote Active Learning
Click on the links for an explanation and more details. You may currently use some of these, but if not, you may find one or more of these to be something you may decide to try in your teaching work.
- Think/pair/share
- Debates
- Scavenger hunts
- Jigsaw activities
- Fishbowl discussions
- Concept mapping
- Polls and clicker-style questions
- Class presentations
- Peer teaching
- Integrating Reading & Writing across the Curriculum
Another Engaging Activities Resource
Active Learning Strategies from Cal State