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James Varlack – Developing Engaging Instruction
Manage episode 283291490 series 2475561
James Varlack says that “Engagement is developed.” So, in his interview, I asked him how he develops his engaging instruction. We discuss how James works toward each of the 3 types of student engagement--emotional, behavioral, and cognitive--in both analog and digital ways. We discuss Jamboard, Google Docs, Google Slides, Padlet, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, Microsoft Teams whiteboard, Google Arts & Culture.
Show notes also available at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-53
- Today's Sponsor: Texthelp EquatIO - text.help/equatio-fft
- Soapbox Moment: "The One Who Keeps Score & Gives Permission to Not Take the Shot"
-
- This quote was covered in this previous episode.
- Today’s Guest: James Varlack
-
- James Varlack is a Digital Learning Specialist with McAllen Independent School District. He has worked in education for 10 years as a middle school math teacher and in campus technology. He and his wife Dawne moderate the #RGVEduChat and have 3 lovely children, Jayden, Zara, and Jordan.
- Contact Info: Twitter: @jamesvarlack Email: varlack.james076@gmail.com
- 2 Truths & 1 Lie
- Educational Duct Tape Question: How can I develop engaging instruction?
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- Having the content down is not enough if it’s not engaging
- Know your learning goals
- Connect with learners
- “Engagement is developed...means it has a starting place, grows and is nurtured, etc. Engagement is a work in progress”
- Greeting students, connecting with students, using names are all big for engagement
- Adding pop culture references into things like a “problem of the day”
- Using those pop culture references as backgrounds in Google Slides
- Learn about student interests with a survey (Google Forms, etc.) - “attack their interests”
- Adding students names into problems
- Hooks, reveals, challenges, brainteasers, puzzles, prodigygame.com
-
- encouraging kids to work together on riddles
- Using Google Slides to create “reveal” activities
- Google Arts & Culture Puzzle Party
-
- Other Google Arts & Culture "games" here
- Ditch Summit - Esther Park - talked about interaction - student-to-student, student-to-teacher, student-to-class, teacher-to-teacher
- Collaborative spaces - Jamboard, Google Docs, graphic organizers or drag-and-drop activities in Google Slides, Padlet, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, Microsoft Teams whiteboard
- "Become the master of your tool… it’s only time to move on when you’ve mastered it." - David Carradine, Kung Fu
- "Digital gorge"
- Pear Deck
-
- Complete the squiggle
- Shared teacher dashboard (allow co-teachers in)
- Engaging Instruction = attracts and maintains attention, often means students are actively involved and a part of it (engaged in it)
- Three different types of student engagement: emotional, behavioral, and cognitive - (Classcraft, Jenny Fulton)
- Celebration of the Adjacent Possible
-
- Question - Adrienne Hudson
- Edulastic
-
- Great Data!!!
- standards-aligned questions
- Standardized test prep
- Edulastic is great for item-analysis, mastery-based grading or standards-based grading, identifying students who need support, creating student mastery profiles that can be useful in parent-teacher conferences, and even breaking down assessment data based on a variety of factors or subgroups.
- ScratchPad
- Question Types include: Drag-and-drop, Diagram-labeling, multiple select questions, sets of multiple choice questions in a table
- questions with images, videos or audio
- Math tools include: Coordinate plane, Line plots, Fractions, Math formatting, Fraction diagrams
- Paid features: Rubrics, built-in read-aloud feature, Desmos calculator, Snapscore, Co-authoring & collaboration, Improved data
- Poll Everywhere
-
- Flip phone origins!
- Question types include: multiple choice, word cloud, Q&A with upvoting & downvoting, clickable images (click on a section of an image to indicate their answer), open ended, Surveys, short answer, select on a map
- Launch from PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, or Poll Everywhere’s site.
- Students can respond within any mobile or web browser, using a mobile app or with text messaging.
- Asynchronous option
- Competitions - multiple-choice games are a lot like Kahoot or Quizizz
- Paid - Show live results to participants, better reports
- Mentimeter
-
- Free Version gives you Unlimited audience size, presentations, and content slides, but up to 2 question slides and up to 5 quiz slides per presentation. Presentations are public.
- Interactive presentations can include videos and images, polls, data, opinions
- great for with smart phones
- Question Slides include: Word clouds, Multiple choice, Fun Quiz competitions, Q&A (with upvote), Ranking questions, Image options, Open-ended, Scales questions, 2 by 2 grid, 100 point questions
- Mentimote remote is pretty cool
- Can put Surveys and forms in presentation
- Apple Podcasts Review from guisee
- Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!
-
- Apple Podcast Reviews
- FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape
- Speakpipe.com/EduDuctTape
- #EduDuctTape on social media
- Telling your friends & colleagues
- The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers
- Stickers! Want to pass some out? Want some for yourself? JakeMiller.net/SendMeStickers
- The JakeMillerTech Newsletter – Sign up! jakemiller.net/newsletter
115 ตอน
Manage episode 283291490 series 2475561
James Varlack says that “Engagement is developed.” So, in his interview, I asked him how he develops his engaging instruction. We discuss how James works toward each of the 3 types of student engagement--emotional, behavioral, and cognitive--in both analog and digital ways. We discuss Jamboard, Google Docs, Google Slides, Padlet, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, Microsoft Teams whiteboard, Google Arts & Culture.
Show notes also available at jakemiller.net/eduducttape-episode-53
- Today's Sponsor: Texthelp EquatIO - text.help/equatio-fft
- Soapbox Moment: "The One Who Keeps Score & Gives Permission to Not Take the Shot"
-
- This quote was covered in this previous episode.
- Today’s Guest: James Varlack
-
- James Varlack is a Digital Learning Specialist with McAllen Independent School District. He has worked in education for 10 years as a middle school math teacher and in campus technology. He and his wife Dawne moderate the #RGVEduChat and have 3 lovely children, Jayden, Zara, and Jordan.
- Contact Info: Twitter: @jamesvarlack Email: varlack.james076@gmail.com
- 2 Truths & 1 Lie
- Educational Duct Tape Question: How can I develop engaging instruction?
-
- Having the content down is not enough if it’s not engaging
- Know your learning goals
- Connect with learners
- “Engagement is developed...means it has a starting place, grows and is nurtured, etc. Engagement is a work in progress”
- Greeting students, connecting with students, using names are all big for engagement
- Adding pop culture references into things like a “problem of the day”
- Using those pop culture references as backgrounds in Google Slides
- Learn about student interests with a survey (Google Forms, etc.) - “attack their interests”
- Adding students names into problems
- Hooks, reveals, challenges, brainteasers, puzzles, prodigygame.com
-
- encouraging kids to work together on riddles
- Using Google Slides to create “reveal” activities
- Google Arts & Culture Puzzle Party
-
- Other Google Arts & Culture "games" here
- Ditch Summit - Esther Park - talked about interaction - student-to-student, student-to-teacher, student-to-class, teacher-to-teacher
- Collaborative spaces - Jamboard, Google Docs, graphic organizers or drag-and-drop activities in Google Slides, Padlet, Whiteboard.chat, Whiteboard.fi, Microsoft Teams whiteboard
- "Become the master of your tool… it’s only time to move on when you’ve mastered it." - David Carradine, Kung Fu
- "Digital gorge"
- Pear Deck
-
- Complete the squiggle
- Shared teacher dashboard (allow co-teachers in)
- Engaging Instruction = attracts and maintains attention, often means students are actively involved and a part of it (engaged in it)
- Three different types of student engagement: emotional, behavioral, and cognitive - (Classcraft, Jenny Fulton)
- Celebration of the Adjacent Possible
-
- Question - Adrienne Hudson
- Edulastic
-
- Great Data!!!
- standards-aligned questions
- Standardized test prep
- Edulastic is great for item-analysis, mastery-based grading or standards-based grading, identifying students who need support, creating student mastery profiles that can be useful in parent-teacher conferences, and even breaking down assessment data based on a variety of factors or subgroups.
- ScratchPad
- Question Types include: Drag-and-drop, Diagram-labeling, multiple select questions, sets of multiple choice questions in a table
- questions with images, videos or audio
- Math tools include: Coordinate plane, Line plots, Fractions, Math formatting, Fraction diagrams
- Paid features: Rubrics, built-in read-aloud feature, Desmos calculator, Snapscore, Co-authoring & collaboration, Improved data
- Poll Everywhere
-
- Flip phone origins!
- Question types include: multiple choice, word cloud, Q&A with upvoting & downvoting, clickable images (click on a section of an image to indicate their answer), open ended, Surveys, short answer, select on a map
- Launch from PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, or Poll Everywhere’s site.
- Students can respond within any mobile or web browser, using a mobile app or with text messaging.
- Asynchronous option
- Competitions - multiple-choice games are a lot like Kahoot or Quizizz
- Paid - Show live results to participants, better reports
- Mentimeter
-
- Free Version gives you Unlimited audience size, presentations, and content slides, but up to 2 question slides and up to 5 quiz slides per presentation. Presentations are public.
- Interactive presentations can include videos and images, polls, data, opinions
- great for with smart phones
- Question Slides include: Word clouds, Multiple choice, Fun Quiz competitions, Q&A (with upvote), Ranking questions, Image options, Open-ended, Scales questions, 2 by 2 grid, 100 point questions
- Mentimote remote is pretty cool
- Can put Surveys and forms in presentation
- Apple Podcasts Review from guisee
- Ways to Support the Show or Connect with Jake & other Duct Tapers!
-
- Apple Podcast Reviews
- FlipGrid.com/EduDuctTape
- Speakpipe.com/EduDuctTape
- #EduDuctTape on social media
- Telling your friends & colleagues
- The Duct Tapers Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ducttapers
- Stickers! Want to pass some out? Want some for yourself? JakeMiller.net/SendMeStickers
- The JakeMillerTech Newsletter – Sign up! jakemiller.net/newsletter
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