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Some thoughts on Accelerated Reader and student engagement

Current events are a powerful medium to engage students and their thinking in so many different ways. Here are 50 to get you started!

How do we balance teacher expectations with student engagement?

This study gives scientific investigations with the assessment scoring guides.  The blueprint for each task is included and the goal is to engage student in more hands on activities. 

"Educators normally plan their lessons out in advance, and teach subjects and related topics on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. Is it almost time for your topic for the week? If you have a normal approach that you're growing tired of, need more engagement from students, or want to improve your teaching style for the new year, using video is an exciting way to get information across."

TouchMath is a multisensory program that uses its signature TouchPoints to engage students of all abilities and learning styles.

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) iEARN is a non-profit organization made up of over 30,000 schools and youth organizations in more than 130 countries. iEARN empowers teachers and young people to work together online using the Internet and other new communications technologies. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.

VenueGen Virtual Classrooms - enable K12 students to have shared learning experiences that will increase engagement, retention and learning outcomes

Using debate in the classroom to understand a key idea.

Paul Anderson talks about how he changes his classroom into more of a video game to engage students.

Engaging projects and ideas for students to learn.

There must be lots of fun and interesting ways to incorporate face-to-face communications with strangers (whether teachers or students) in language learning and beyond. Some thoughts after observing others engage with "Skype, Face-time and Google video "

The post really points to the possible pitfalls of online courses. It also suggests the importance of examining & evaluating the effectiveness of online courses - including the teacher's pedagogy and instructional methods - and student receptiveness, level of engagement, and success in courses. The comments after the post provide a lively discussion. Blended learning seems to get high marks.

CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers. CS Unplugged is suitable for people of all ages, from elementary school to seniors, and from many countries and backgrounds. Unplugged has been used around the world for over fifteen years, in classrooms, science centers, homes, and even for holiday events in a park!

Although this comes from the site "Teaching entry level Geoscience", it offers a wide variety of instructional approaches designed to engage students. The approaches can be [easily] adapted to just about any subject and the links will take you to some amazing resources.

Three strategies for using videos to engage students in conversation and inquiry

One of the joys of retirement is having the time to reflect on our profession. Looking back over the 37 years I spent as an educator-20 of them as a teacher and 17 as an administrator-and reflecting on my own schooling as well, I think of the many highly effective teachers I've known. Spanning all grade levels, they engaged students in learning to the point of excitement and kindled the desire to keep on learning. So what did these teachers have in common?