1. + Jennifer Pankowski Peter McDermott School of Education Pace University Student Engagement

2. + Engagement Encourage students to participate in academic work with interest and thoughtfulness.

3. + Turn and talk Identify recent lessons that engaged your students in learning. What made the lessons so?

4. + Why engagement?  Linked to achievement  Distinguishes between high and low performing students.  Predictor of academic success  Improve student retention.

5. + Behavioral (time on task) Cognitive (meaningfulness and strategic) Affective (interest and enthusiasm) 3 Elements of Engagement

6. + Features of Engaging classroom tasks Authentic Collaborative Challenging Choice

7. + Presentation structure Frontloading Guiding Unpacking

8. + Frontloading Warm-ups Think-pair- share Anticipation guides Questioning Quick writes

9. + Your ideas about effective frontloading strategies?

10. + Guiding Questioning Pairs and small group discussion Writing – paraphrasing & summarizing Whip-arounds Active note-taking

11. + Your ideas about effective guiding activities?

12. + Frontloading Strategies for Engagement 1. -Show and Tell 2. -Tap Into Their Prior Knowledge 3. -Be mindful of different learning styles 4. -Give Time to Talk 5. -Pre-Teach Vocabulary 6. -Use Visual Aids 7. -Pause, Ask Questions, Pause, Review

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14. + Unpacking Questioning Writing – paraphrasing & summarizing Exit cards – what was learned & questions Partner and small groups – report out

15. + Your ideas about effective unpacking activities?

16. + Unpack the Curriculum " unpacking" takes place before full program implementation and is meant to be closely followed by execution of one unit, to get a closer look. Unpack to Deepen the Understanding of the Content 1. Outline the Content 2. Explain your own pedagogy to students, let them know where you are coming from 3. pace and prioritize 4. Make connections to the framework you are teaching

17. + Interactive technologies

18. + Google Forms – Collaborative Group Entry/Exit cards Group “Take a Stand” – students share opinions about an issue or controversy. Construct survey items about readings, videos, policies, etc.

19. + Google forms

20. + http://padlet.com/mcderp/engag ement

21. + Poll Everywhere

22. + Popplet – Graphic organizer Insert text, images, video Share and collaborate with email addresses

23. + Popplet

24. + Voicethread https://voicethread.com/share/7016439/ UDL principles Respond by typing, recording voice, recording video (if have a webcam) as well as by phone (VT will call!) Can upload videos, images, PPts—almost any item— record message and invite others to respond. Can make up to three VTs for free.

25. + VoiceThreads https://voicethread.com/?#u271526.b4232 201.i21620010 https://voicethread.com/?#u271526.b4232 201.i21620010 Pete’s Sierra Leone https://voicethread.com/share/4809863/

26. + Poll Everywhere Close with an example of using poll everywhere

27. + Work Informing Presentation Doyle, W. (1982). Academic work. Review of Educational Research, 53(2), 159-199. Guthrie, J.T., Wigfield, A., & You, W. (2012). Instructional contexts for engagement and achievement in reading. In S.L. Christenson, A.L. Reschly, & C. Wylie (Eds.), Handbook of research on student engagement (pp. 601–634). New York: Springer. Parsons, S.A., Nland, L.R., & Parsons, A.W. (2014). The ABCs of student engagement. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(8), 23-37. Parsons, S.A. et al. (2015). Students’ engagement in literacy tasks. The Reading Teacher, 69(2), 223-231.