All Hands-On Deck! Leslie Grahn, World Language Resource Teacher Howard County Public Schools

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Participants will… 1. Build on knowledge about merits of hands-on learning 2. Explore resources and tools for creating hands- on activities. 3. Plan for implementing hands-on activities. Session Outcomes

Do students feel engaged in school?

2009 High School Survey on Student Engagement

Quotes from the 2009 HSSSE I like attending school. I work hard in my classes. But I would like them to be a little more interesting, interactive. Many teachers don't understand that people learn in different ways. I like hands on things and group projects … because they help me focus and really feel excited and I interact more. It makes me want to learn and (makes) the material that I'm learning interesting. I like attending school. I work hard in my classes. But I would like them to be a little more interesting, interactive. Many teachers don't understand that people learn in different ways. I like hands on things and group projects … because they help me focus and really feel excited and I interact more. It makes me want to learn and (makes) the material that I'm learning interesting.

Turn to a partner and talk about how hands-on activities appeal to multiple multiple intelligences.

Qualities of Hands-On Learning  Total learning experience  Enables students to become critical thinkers  Students are actively engaged  Activates both the semantic and episodic memories  Reinforces skills  Total learning experience  Enables students to become critical thinkers  Students are actively engaged  Activates both the semantic and episodic memories  Reinforces skills

Student Engagement Observation Forms

Let’s Get Engaged Wiki

Let’s get some hands-on experience with some hands-on activities 1.Examine the models and analyze how they are made. 2.Think of an example of how you might use them.

Hands-On Activity Centers 1. Triangle Spinner 2. Foldables 3. Sliding Strips 4.Spinner5.Cube6.Fortuneteller 7.SmooshBook 8.VocabularyPuzzle9.Dominoes

Let’s Get Engaged Wiki

Hands-on Electronic Templates

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Reflection How might hands-on activities enhance your practice and engage your students? mrdooley.blogspot.com

All Hands- On Deck! Leslie Grahn, World Language Resource Teacher Howard County Public Schools All images unless otherwise indicated taken from Microsoft Clipart Gallery