{"id":82,"date":"2017-01-13T15:48:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T15:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/?p=82"},"modified":"2017-01-13T19:45:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T19:45:20","slug":"engagement-what-does-that-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/2017\/01\/13\/engagement-what-does-that-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Engagement: What does that mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Design Thinking and Action Plan<\/p>\n

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Student Engagement<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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How might we build an experience (curriculum \/ physical-environment \/ assessment) that optimizes engagement?<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0To start on this journey, I need to define the essential elements of student engagement<\/li>\n
  2. Ask the students:\n
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    1. what engagement looks like (does this mean they are happy?<\/li>\n
    2. How they like to show their learning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Build a lesson with movement and choice<\/li>\n
    4. Get feedback from kids about the lesson (what did they like, how did they feel?)<\/li>\n
    5. Design the room with intention<\/li>\n
    6. PBL, constructivism<\/li>\n
    7. Assessment of learning using a variety of methods (create a feedback cycle between here and step 2)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      This was actually FUN to look back on some of what I wrote and reflect on what still feels important and\/or relevant. I actually think having space from the plan over the break was good to gain some perspective.<\/p>\n

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      Objectives and Key Results<\/p>\n

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      1. Run one session of PLC (done!)<\/li>\n
      2. Determine the essential elements of engagement (will do next week)<\/li>\n
      3. Run an empathy challenge\/activity (collaborate with a colleague) – Almost done planning<\/li>\n
      4. Get the letter written to Fern (my local TDSB school) to create a conversation about environment (decided to wait until April in order to put the emphasis on next year)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        What changed my thinking as I went through the design thinking process?<\/p>\n

        “I thought my concern was about the furniture\/design of the room\u00a0when really the question is about engagement. I don’t believe that listening to someone lecture (at least in math) allows for deep engagement”\u00a0and now I would even add that I still believe the physical environment is a critical factor of student engagement and would add that assessment matters as well.<\/em><\/p>\n

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        Questions I still have:<\/p>\n

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        1. How will it work with shared classrooms (subject and colleagues)?<\/li>\n
        2. What do I like about a kindergarten room?<\/li>\n
        3. What do I dislike about a high school classroom?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          My plan for next week:<\/p>\n

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          1. Send an email to my department asking them to let me know what they think engagement looks like for the students<\/li>\n
          2. Interview my students (Tuesday) and ask them to tell me a story or draw a picture of their experience in my classroom (in relation to engagement)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Stay Tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Design Thinking and Action Plan   Student Engagement   How might we build an experience (curriculum \/ physical-environment \/ assessment) that optimizes engagement?   \u00a0To start on this journey, I need to define the essential elements of student engagement Ask the students: what engagement looks like (does this mean they are happy? How they like … Continue reading “Engagement: What does that mean?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[14,11,15],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-plan","category-face-2-face-sessions","tag-21st-century-classrooms","tag-21st-century-learning","tag-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/allisonmacrae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}