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Engaging students in the classroom

Engaging students in the classroom

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Engaging students in the classroom

- There are movies in this course about small group activities and active learning exercises for groups of different sizes. But what if you want to engage all the students in the classroom? In this movie we'll look at a few different activities to engage your class. Google jockey, student questions, back channel, and polling. If most students won't have access to technology, you can still use technology to engage them as a class. Try assigning one student to be a Google jockey. His or her job is to find images, websites, or articles related to lecture concepts, individual questions, or class discussions. You can have multiple jockeys if you want to add an element of competition for fastest results or best results. You can either check out a laptop for the Google jockey or ask for volunteers among students who bring a laptop to class. Establish guidelines for the Google jockey ranging from waiting for your cue to start searching to having latitude to search independently. Determine how…

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