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Link to slide show presentation here.

While you get connected, here's a humorous example of what can happen when people get too accustomed to waiting for someone else to tell them what to do.

Engagement=

Self motivation
Students are awake, paying attention, appear to be listening, possibly are answering questions and/or asking questions.
Students are aware, make eye contact, look at though they are paying attention, have interaction, etc.
Students are interested, excited about learning, feel there is value in what they are learning, that it has real-world, personal applications
A students eyes do not glaze over. Willing to do the work.
Students interacting with the teacher and other students.
excitment, attention,
no drooling, no glazed-over eyes, but lots of applause
To be engaged is to be actively involved in the assignment
interested, active, alert

 Ideas for Engaging Students

Four ways to instantly engage students with content.

EngagingStudentsRelevanceMatrix.pdf for connecting content/student interests/Web 2.0 tools.

Web 2.0 = Interactive

• Blogger-create a blog
• Wikispaces-create a wiki discussion
• WizIQ-create a shared whiteboard

Multimedia

• Flickr-store, add comments, and share photos
  • Example
• Flauntr-like a digital scrapbook effect for your photos
• • Example
• Bubblr-add cartoon quotes to your photos
  • Example
• Animoto-a place that turns your photos into a music montage
  • Example
• Spell with Flickr-just like it says

  

• Phrasr-illustrate a phrase with photos
  • Example
• Photobucket-store, share, create avatars, and more
• Voicethread-create a recording

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