Creating Engaging Classrooms

1
Creating Engaging Classrooms
Christine White Team Leader LifeKnowledge
Center for Agricultural Education National FFA
Organization cwhite_at_ffa.org
2
Lesson Retention

• How many of you are confident that your students
  retain all the information that you teach them
  all the time?
• However the following is probably more close to
  the truth
• Day 1 Teach the Unit
• Day 2 85 Retention
• Day 5 60 Retention
• Day 10 40 Retention
• Day 25 20 Retention
• Semester Exam 10 Retention

IF WE ARE LUCKY!!
3
E-Moments

• These are moments when students become
• engaged
• get connected
• personal meaning
• Of content being learned

4
E-Moments

• E-Moments are designed around one of these three
  modalities
• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic

5
E-Moments

E-Moments build on students natural
intelligences Spatial Linguistic
Interpersonal Musical Naturalistic
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intrapersonal Logical-M
athematical
6
How Do I Create Engaging Classrooms?
7
E-Moments in Action!

• As a group read over the E-moment.
• Discuss the key directions for conducting the
  E-Moment.
• Capture the Key directions for the
  E-Moment on Flip Chart Paper.
• Develop an example lesson where the
  E-moment can be used to support teaching and
  learning.
• Be prepared as a group to explain the
  E-Moment and model it for the large group.

8
You Will Have 15 Minutes
9
For More Information about E-moments
check-out Strategies for Great Teaching By Mark
Reardon and Seth Derner
Now Available to be Purchased from
http//www.ffaunlimited.org/sforgrte.html
10
For more information about LifeKnowledge and
products available check-out http//lifeknowledg
e.ffa.org