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Engagement

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Three Quests

Quest Estimated Time: 40 minutes

Please complete in order & submit together.

Context

It is said by some educators that student engagement is the key to everything: classroom management, enthusiasm, deeper learning....

But what do we mean when we talk about engagement?

Have a look at what engagement does not look like in this excerpt from "Ferris Buller's Day Off".

Then have a read through this quick article on Engagement by Nigel Coutts.

Quest I Content

Steps 2 & 3 are below Quest III

View a video on Engagement and respond.

This middle school Science teacher has students: Researching, creating, presenting, creating, teaching, questioning, visualizing, creating,... We do not see him doing much of what we would call "traditional teaching" in this video.

Quest II Content

Steps 2 & 3 are below Quest III

Engagement II

Let us have a bit of a look at what some of the experts say about engagement. Please note that there has been a mass of work on engagement, and that these two pieces are simply the tip of the iceberg. We have to start somewhere.

Choose between these two articles on engagement (Or read both... they are quite short)

Choice 1: Strategies for Helping Students Motivate Themselves, by Larry Ferlazzo's. This piece makes a case quite similar to Daniel Pinks arguments in Drive. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/strategies-helping-students-motivate-themselves-larry-ferlazzo
Choice 2: New Study: Engage Kids with 7X the Effect, by Todd Finley. This piece provides a few research-based methods to engage students. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/engage-with-7x-the-effect-todd-finley

Quest III Content

Engagement III

Choose from the assortment of articles, blogs, and videos on the Edutopia Engagement Resources page: http://www.edutopia.org/student-engagement-resources

Steps 2 & 3

Process/Representation

Reminder of how to handle Pro-D Quests

Use the SELF-DIRECTED REPEATING QUEST IN BYTEDECK.

Please remember to NOT submit any work which does not conform to these givens:

All instructions followed carefully and completely.
Time on Task: Engagement in the quest is substantial enough to warrant the XP for the quest. A 60 XP quest has what looks like approximately 60 - 70 minutes of work completed.
Engagement is thoughtful and meaningful: Obvious attempts have been made to engage in the content of the quest in a way that is meaningful to the person completing the quest. View Exemplars which demonstrate this Given (Critical Reflection Exemplars are a good starting point)
Undergraduate Level Engagement: Evidence of fairly deep handling of the topic; references made to assigned reading|viewing; connections made between assigned reading|viewing and other referenced material; concepts fully explained; opinions fully backed up… View Exemplars which demonstrate this Given (Critical Reflection Exemplars are a good starting point)
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