Dr. Rachael S. Rudinoff Presented at Faculty Development Day March 2015

 Think, then share with your partner.  You can use different types of fruits, vegetables, or objects and ask how they relate to your topic.  Think for a minute about how you would relate grapes to your area of study.

 This can help students think deeper about the topic.  It’s a great activating strategy!  Other novelty ideas by Anne Beninghof ◦ Ideasforeducators.com

 Children can attend approximately their age plus maybe 2 minutes.  In general, no one can attend for more than 15 minutes without some spark, some change.  These “shifts” can be minor.  Feel the flow of the lesson, know when to shift.

 In a PowerPoint – ◦ Place a funny photo  In a Video – ◦ Stop the video and have a discussion – plan this ahead of time  Have students get up and move – ◦ If you agree go to one corner, disagree, go to another corner and then allow for the inbetween  Tell your partner another shift idea

 Person who does the most talking, does the most learning.  Lectures are necessary, but pause for discussion.  Best to use partners, because then everyone gets a chance to talk.  Assign 1 & 2. 1 tell 2 your thought, 2 report. Then shift. This way you guarantee everyone talks.

 Open an egg – What would your person say about student engagement?  You could have students pick the dollar store sunglasses and write the names of people on them.  Think – adults like to play.  You could also use an egg to discover any question. ◦ How does the stock market impact your daily life?  Okay, now place in the eggs variables that may be impacted by the stock market or impact the stock market – price of gas, world economy, people’s perceptions.

 Throw the caterpillar – and answer the question ◦ How many classes can a student miss before they are dropped from the course? ◦ What’s one of the formats of classes at WilmU  You can use a beach ball and have a question that they need to answer based on where they catch the ball  It’s good if these are generic and you can use them over and over  If working on vocabulary or concepts – Give a non- example, provide a description, come to the board and draw it.

 Use to find a partner  Pick a number (and only select Ace through 5) ◦ That’s the number of examples you need to give to tell how Martin Luther King Jr. impacted our society.  What ideas do you have for using a deck of cards?

 Show the hand post-it ◦ How could you use this post-it note with your class?  The Dollar Stores are always changing and can spark novel ideas.

 Brainstorm ◦ Technology ◦ Role Play ◦ Group Work ◦ Requiring Participation in Presentations ◦ What else do you do?

 Cover the desk ◦ Use scraps of paper or post-its ◦ Your group needs to write all the benefits of working at WilmU ◦ Any group who comes up with a unique answer, gets 1,000 points ◦ Don’t tally points – just make it fun for the groups

 With your group, write a technique that can be used to boost student engagement?  Again, you can do the 1000 point score.  These wash off and can be reused.  Use Vis-a-via

 I am trying to model for my students, so that they will engage their students.  I might fall asleep if I have to listen to myself for 5 hours.  I know it has a positive impact. ◦ Sometimes, my students are building towers from newspaper, but they will tell you how it relates to the topic I’m teaching.