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Very interesting post about experiencing classes from the student point of view. I wish we (myself included) were able to do this...even with doing classroom observation I have learned about the importance of breaks, no matter how engaging the lesson is

Very interesting post about experiencing classes from the student point of view. I wish we (myself included) were able to do this...even with doing classroom observation I have learned about the importance of breaks, no matter how engaging the lesson is

Some different ideas in here about keeping students moving and engaged. A few I haven't tried but will for my fall oral communications class. Share feedback please if you try any of them!

Written for K-12 but applicable to adult learners as well (if not more so, for #1). Adults, far more than children, need to understand WHY something is meaningful and relevant to them in order to engage in material.

Excellent, succinct reminders of the power of very basic questions in student engagement

Ideas for student engagement and differentiated learning

Good reminder that introverted students can be just as engaged as extroverted students, but their interest is harder to gauge.

Short TESOL article about increasing student talk time in your classrooms

Ideas to promote student talk in class discussions

Ideas to promote student talk in class discussions

Learning from failure..interesting assessment ideas in here Popularized from the book of the same name, the idea behind failing forward is to see failing as a part of success rather than its opposite.