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Part-10 Capture Thinking to Improve Engaging Screenagers Look back at the last training course you took and ask yourself where did the thinking process that brought you all of those new ideas go? When you went through those training exercises you probably had a list of learning points or goals for the future, but the actual thinking process is gone. Wouldn’t it be great to capture the steps of new thinking as you learn the new thinking? Often I see in training some great decision making some new ways of thinking but after their training sessions over much of the process it’s gone.( junk engagement ) Yet it’s the process of thinking and going through the thinking, problem-solving, etc. can be so valuable. What if  you could  capture that process ? We are able to  capture that   thinking process   in our training . We use  eWorkbooks  that  engage participants  to  answer open ended questions .( optimal engagement ) As we go through a case study for example,

Part-9 Monitor Logical Thinking for Engaging Screenagers? Remember when you were doing algebra and if you’ve got the right answer but you didn’t follow the right steps you didn’t get full credit?  What the teachers were doing is helping us learn how to follow logical steps. Until now there really hasn’t been a way to monitor that logical thinking. By  asking open   ended questions  in a  Google Form   eWorkbook  you can  take steps towards   monitoring logical   thinking . For example let’s look at using John Dewey’s Method Of Reflective Thinking for solving problems. These are the steps of the thinking process and all you need to do is include them in your eWorkbook as you are teaching. Q1: Define what is the problem? Q2: What are the severity and causes of the problem? Q3: What are the solution criteria? Q4: What are the possible (as many as possible) solutions to the problem? Q5: What is/are the best possible solution(s) to the problem? Imagine you

Part-8 Open Questions Teach Engaging Screenagers to Synthesize Can you imagine you are teaching or training and everyone in the room is following along and answering their questions in their eWorkbook? Back in the day when I was a professional seminar leader we used to give everyone in the audience a workbook. The  workbook helped to make sure everyone was engaged together. By together, I mean most everyone would follow along and stay on the same page. Also the workbook allowed participants to synthesise the information that was relevant to each individual. The problem was that other than observation, we had little understanding of which questions were most useful or important. Even with this, workbooks are far more engaging than just being given a hard copy of the slide deck. ( junk engagement ) Using open ended questions on Google Forms as eWorkbooks allows a great deal of flexibility in your students’ learning. By asking open ended questions on Goog

Part-7 Auto-Graded Feedback=2X Learning Engaging Screenagers Did you ever have that time when you wanted to know how you doing we were learning something new? When you learning something new you want to know how you doing but sometimes the teacher can be intimidating when she or he is looking over your shoulder. Don’t most people want to know how they are doing, but don’t want someone looking over their shoulder? Wouldn’t it be great if we could give him their feedback as they are learning to let you know how they’re doing? Well there is a way . By using  Google Forms as eWorkbooks  (Btw, there are several other apps out there that support this but they are not as easy to use.) you basically create interactive  learner centered classroom  environments. You can be a much more interactive teacher and give feedback to students immediately. This works so well because it ‘makes the challenge easier to overcome’ as Dale Carnegie says, when feedback is more immediate.