If you attended our Fall Brain Fitness Webinar by Alan November, Creating a New Culture of Teaching and Learning, you know what an inspiring thinker and speaker he is. It should come as no surprise, then, that he’s an inspiring writer as well.
I recently discovered an article on his website outlining 6 ways to engage students as contributors in the classroom as a way of supporting their natural drive to participate in an active and meaningful way. Here are the first 3:
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- Engage students as tutorial designers to create supportive content for each other
- Assign official student scribes to take collaborative class notes
- Designate a student researcher to find the answers to classroom questions
This partial list is just the tip of the iceberg. Be sure to read the full article, Students as Contributors: The Digital Learning Farm, on the November Learning website to discover 3 more ways that educators are empowering their students in the classroom right now, and find out what tools are available to bring these ideas into your own classroom or school.
Be sure to join us for our Spring Brain Fitness Webinar Seriesfeaturing Alan November (April 12) and Bill Daggett (March 18), thought-leaders in education that you don’t want to miss. Subscribe to this blogto receive all the details about upcoming webinars in your inbox!
Related Reading:
How to Motivate Students: The Psychology of Success
Using the Human Element to Make Science Fun and Approachable
