Part-3 Break Out of Comfort Zones for Engaging Screenagers
Part-3 Break Out of Comfort Zones for Engaging Screenagers
I remember one day when the projector died during my mass communication class as the students were learning using a Google Form with their mobile devices in that lesson.
In the past, I would have stopped class, taken a break, and hoped the tech guys could fix it quick, (junk engagement)
When learning from a Google Form, the students all have the slides, questions, links, exercises in their hands on their mobile devices.
When the projector died, I just picked up my phone and kept on with the learning module—because I could with Google Forms.
When that happened I realised that my students were learning a great deal more because I wasn’t stuck up in front of the class as walked around to make sure everybody is following.
Although I had 38 students in that class, it felt like there was more learning ever before. (optimal engagement)
I don’t know if it’s just because it felt like they were learning more or if it was because I was walking around seeing what they were doing and now I could see much more.
That day when the projector died turned out to be one of the best lessons that I have ever learned, and from that point on I continued to teach as little as I could from the front of the classroom/training room.
Educators think they are to be in the front of the room the whole time while learners listen (junk engagement,) but the learning isn’t happening in the front of the room, is it? (optimal engagement)
The learning happens with the students and better yet, using the tools they like to use.
The more educators can spend with the learners, the more engaged the learners will be with the content.
Why don’t teachers use a simple sentence super simple form my Google forms to make their glasses blended in interactive?
Those teachers say they want to they’re being told to do it by the buses by Society by parents even by students but they’re not doing it.
Over the past few years I’ve been Teaching and presenting several 100 hundred hours with 1000’s of participants in university, summits/conferences, in-house and public seminars, and mentoring/coaching clients.
I’ve found that even though most participants, clients, etc., like the idea and really want to try, very few actually use Google Forms to support learning in their classrooms.
And although they see how Google forms can help they still resist letting go of teaching from a whiteboard or PowerPoint slide deck.
Stephen Covey tells us it takes 21 days to change a habit, though with all the distractions we have nowadays, it may take longer.
Although a whiteboard and PowerPoint are good at giving information they are not exactly useful for continually monitoring and assessing learning understanding.
The problem is that most teachers learned with a blackboards, whiteboards, and PowerPoint and they’ve always taught with blackboards, whiteboards PowerPoint.
I know, it’s difficult to change but as Zig Ziglar says, “Change is stressful, but so is unemployment, and bankruptcy.
When we make those changes a whole new life of freedom and power come to us.
Isn’t learning happening in the students?
Wouldn’t it be great if educators could be amongst Engaging Screenagers when the learning was happening?
How would the world change and learning improve if educators everywhere left the comfort of the front of the room focused on the learners?
Leave comfortable, embrace the new, benefit and value all.
Remember, come join tomorrow to see more Improving Your Engagement with Screenagers and others inspirational experiences and ideas for Optimal Engagement in the ScreenAge.
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Keep it simple.
All the Best, Warren
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