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Stephanie: I am obsessed with pinterest and following teacher blogs. I found a good post from Adventures in Literacy Land. She blogged about school wide engagement using a Graffiti Wall. Very cool! Students of all grades write on the wall about their favorite books. Not only are they reading but also incorporating writing as well. 

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Stephanie: I am obsessed with pinterest and following teacher blogs. I found a good post from Adventures in Literacy Land. She blogged about school wide engagement using a Graffiti Wall. Very cool! Students of all grades write on the wall about their favorite books. Not only are they reading but also incorporating writing as well. 

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http://www.adventuresinliteracyland.com/search?q=reading+graffiti

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 Stephanie: Whomever posted the Horizon Website information about student engagement...love it I am defiantly going to try the secret answer where the students holds up their response in front of their heart using numbers 1-5. There is also an idea about a Gallery Walk. I took a MAISA conference last year and one of the teachers used that in her classroom for the final report in Writers Workshop. She incorporated milk and cookies to simulate the "adult" beverages and food we get when walking through a gallery. She said the kiddos loved it!

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 Stephanie: Whomever posted the Horizon Website information about student engagement...love it I am defiantly going to try the secret answer where the students holds up their response in front of their heart using numbers 1-5. There is also an idea about a Gallery Walk. I took a MAISA conference last year and one of the teachers used that in her classroom for the final report in Writers Workshop. She incorporated milk and cookies to simulate the "adult" beverages and food we get when walking through a gallery. She said the kiddos loved it!

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Katie, I like the picture you included. It is a very quick visual way to remember different skills engaged students are showing.

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I liked Ashley's resource and all the activities included on how to get the students engaged throughout the day. I use some of these activities with students, like Find Your Match for different Math lessons, Thumbs Up Thumbs Down in Reading and Math as well.

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I like Katie's visual because it shows the elements a student needs to participate and be
engaged in not only an online class but in a classroom setting, too. I like the idea of taking pride in your work and we as teachers work really hard on teaching students to not be afraid of speaking their minds and sharing their work with others.

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I found this slide from a PowerPoint that was put together by an app company (http://www.slideshare.net/HamishKennedy/3-engaging-students). I like this visual because it encompasses what engagement looks like in the classroom. There are measurable parts and observable parts; both of which are very important in learning and being engaged. Being engaged, in an activity or overall for a class, allows students to gain the most in terms of knowledge and learning.

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Linda: Ensuring that the students are engaged is essential to the learning process. I found a great resource at Reading Horizons.com: http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog/14-classroom-activities-that-increase-student-engagement I think this offers practical ways to keep the children engaged in various activities (rather than have them sitting in desks listening to me talk all day).

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Nick: Student engagement is vital for students to learn at any level. It can be difficult when it comes to adults. We have all been a part of a PD where the presenter just could not reel us in. For us to be engaged in an online course, we really need to take the time each day to read what our classmates are posting and try to apply it to our own situations and then respond. This post has many different ways to enhance student engagement. http://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/student-engagement/27-ways-to-increase-student-engagement-in-learning/

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http://www.ascd.org/publications/newsletters/policy-priorities/feb02/num28/Motivating-Students-to-Learn.aspx

The ASCD, a global education nonprofit group, points to research that shows keeping students engaged is critical to the learning process, and classroom settings where passivity is common do not educate students as well as more connected classrooms.
Klodiana Myftiu

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"When given choice by teachers, students perceive classroom activities as more important." -Marzano

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"When given choice by teachers, students perceive classroom activities as more important." -Marzano

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Megan: This website (https://www.marzanoresearch.com/resources/tips/hec_tips_archive) provides numerous strategies on improving engagement in the classroom. Our school has gone to Marzano rating scales in standards and behavior.
For example, when students are given a choice in the classroom they have increased intrinsic motivation which leads to engagement. The choices had include, order of tasks, formats or learning goals. The fact that we have choices of the engagement discussions we answer helps with our motivation and engagement.

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This is a link to a specific resource we use for a business simulation.

https://vb.knowledgematters.com/

Scott Trice

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“Learning by doing, peer-to-peer teaching, and computer simulation are all part of the same equation.” – Nicholas Negroponte

I teach in an area that the students produce document, images, web pages, ect. We work alongside one another to accomplish a common product. When they actually are doing the same thing in class and as practice, which they would be expected to produce for a project or out in the work world makes it more applicable for their learning.

Scott Trice

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Courtney: Student engagement is the first step in the learning process. If students are not engaged and actively participating in each lesson, they cannot begin to comprehend the material. This is incredibly evident in elementary classrooms, but can also carry into our class. In order to be engaged in an online course, "discussion" is necessary. It will help us to share ideas and become more active members of our learning.
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/11/a-must-see-visual-featuring-5-levels-of.html

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Ashley: This is a link to a website that has 14 activities for student engagement. http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog/14-classroom-activities-that-increase-student-engagement
These ideas can be used with your students as formative assessments to see what they are understanding. This is the same reason we have to have constant participation and engagement in this class. It will not only show our understanding but could also help others in the class progress in their understanding.

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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn" -Benjamin Franklin.
Melissa:
Student learning and engagement go hand in hand. Engagement should be meaningful and purposeful to challenge ones thinking and develop a deeper understanding of course materials.