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5 Takeaways for Collaborative Classrooms Engaging Screenagers I’m often asked how to make a  classroom collaborative  where the Engaging Screenagers (Aren’t we all Screenagers?) are united and supporting one another. My question is, “Did you ever have a teacher who was great at getting most all the students (even the shy ones who hated all their other teachers) to learn and enjoy the learning?" Over the past 20 years, my research into classroom engagement has focused on several techniques teachers can use to collaborate Engaging Screenagers in their classrooms. Based on the  volatile ,  uncertain ,  complex , and  ambiguous  world we live in, teachers need all the collaboration they can get. A few days ago I read a B2B marketing article by  Sean Callahan  on LinkedIn, and it reminded me of what engagement tools teachers can learn from marketing practices in terms of relating, inspiring, and motivating. I’ve spent 25 studyin...

4 Characteristics for Engaging Learning-Engaging Screenagers Have you seen this new description of our world? We live in a  volatile ,  uncertain ,  complex , and  ambiguous  world for Engaging Screenagers as well as adults. If the world has all of these characteristics, then how can traditional learning (with a teacher talking and students looking at powerpoints) help prepare our Engaging Screenagers for their future in this world? If we’re developing our Engaging Screenagers for this world how can teachers change their classrooms? I found 4 characteristics (I stole from my computer game designer friends) that every classroom would be good to include: challenge, enjoyment, frustration, curiosity. I’m not saying I want to go into gamification of learning, but we can use some of the characteristics the gaming folks use to make games more engaging. An engaging classroom best has: Challenge : How challenging is PowerPoint?  (junk engagem...

5 Ways eWorkbooks Inspire Social Learning Engaging Screenagers By using eWorkbooks you can monitor  Moments of Growth , increase student engagement, encourage online collaboration, and make online learning more valuable. Here are 4 ways eWorkbooks can inspire social learning in your classrooms. Relationships Because eWorkbooks allow more sharing and interaction they naturally help build relationships.  (optimal engagement) This includes relationships among the students as they get to know one another so they encourage and develop that social learning. Also, eWorkbooks encourage building relationships with you as a teacher because you can  interact and celebrate Moments of Growth  both inside the classroom and outside of the classroom. Remember to set limits for outside of the classroom interaction, and these limits can include responding to questions and submissions at specific times of the day, not too late at night  (junk engagement) , etc. ...