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.