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Motivating Students Chatboard

Welcome to the Student Motivation Chatboard!

by Bob Reap (Teachers.Net)

Jun 12, 2011

Welcome to the Student Motivation Chatboard. This chatboard is for teachers to discuss student motivation, participation, and rewards in the classroom.

Bookmark this resource and contribute often!

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Martin Elliott I still like to keep up with new educational > ideas.

Likewise! When called on to teach H S Algebra...I recognbized that many students did NOT understand the vocabulary of math. Thus I created a program where the student creates his own math dictionary. and IT works!! [ It also helps adult students ,e.g., at KAPLAN U, ]

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Jun 13, 2011

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Margaret On 6/13/11, Jack/AR/7-8 wrote: > Tell me what you know about this Margaret? > Jack/AR/7-8 One of my second grade friends told me about this ..I gave the wrong name...it's called the clip chart. Here is the link: [link removed]

Jun 13, 2011

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Student Teacher On 6/13/11, disney cathy wrote: > I think Ed has a good point and Student Teacher is going to make a fine > teacher because I too believe learning is fun and kids love hands on > learning.

Thanks! I do hope to be an effective teacher, and it's encouraging to have teachers tell me I will do well.

Jun 15, 2011

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Darren Van Soye On 6/13/11, Jeanette wrote: > Technology can be used in so many different ways to support > learning. Think about using video, music, multimedia and all > sorts of technological strategies to introduce and support the > learning of a particular concept. Also, real world activities > where students have the opportunity to create somet...See MoreOn 6/13/11, Jeanette wrote: > Technology can be used in so many different ways to support > learning. Think about using video, music, multimedia and all > sorts of technological strategies to introduce and support the > learning of a particular concept. Also, real world activities > where students have the opportunity to create something is a > motivator.

Hi. First, I have to admit that I'm not an educator. But, I do believe that I have some ideas that might be of interest.

My wife and I are taking a 400-day around the world trip with the goal of improving geo-literacy. During our journey, we will be making materials available including weekly 4-page PDF files that highlight the areas where we are visiting. We also plan to send emails, videos and pictures. Finally, we are hoping to have a two-way conversation with teachers and students while we are on the road by given them an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers.

We realize that teachers today already have so much on their plate with required curriculum so we have designed our materials as "enrichment materials". The idea is that they could be used to kick-off a lesson on geography, social studies or even history. We have an example of the enrichment materials on our website here:

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There are other opportunities to use our materials including student-led activities (e.g., ask for a volunteer to point on the globe were we are this week, ask students to present a short report on one of the countries we have visited after looking at some of the websites we have included in the materials, allow advanced students to "remix" our photos and video and add a voice-over to form a student-created documentary).

Please let us know if you have any ideas on how best to integrate these materials into the curriculum as a way to increase student engagement/motivation. I should mention that we are doing this trip as a public service. This trip is self-funded and all of the materials are available under Creative Commons (free).

Thanks, Darren

Jun 20, 2011

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Songer On 6/12/11, Bob Reap (Teachers.Net) wrote: > Welcome to the Student Motivation Chatboard. This chatboard > is for teachers to discuss student motivation, > participation, and rewards in the classroom. > > Bookmark this resource and contribute often!

I recently led a workshop on 'Student Engagement and The Fully-Resourced Tea...See More

Aug 5, 2011

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