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Students engage in their work when teachers use what they are interested in, when students are given choice in how to share their knowledge, when teachers are enthused and given their affirmation that the content is exciting! Students are also more engaged when there is a hands on activity that goes along with the task. Also, students are more engaged when they know their voices are heard: recording, sending it to families etc.

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To engage our students we need to present the material in an exciting way. Students feed off of the teacher's attitude/excitement. Students need movement and collaboration to share their thoughts and ideas.

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1. collaborating with peers
2. the manner in which teacher presents the topic/assignment
3. Goals; having the big picture in mind.
4. incorporating hands on activities
5. Breaking assignments down into smaller steps.
6. Showing students sample work

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They engage more when learning is fun, has real-life applications, they can see the importance, significance, outcome and end goal. When it engages different senses and parts of the brain.

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Students are engaged in schoolwork when there is choice and ownership. Students need to be creative and create personalized ideas. They find excitement in solving a problem and sharing it out. Students are driven to work when there is a personal connection with the content. Younger students tend to engage in game based work.

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Students were engaged when they were challenged, when teachers encouraged creativity, and critical thinking. They were also engaged when the class was transformed. They were able to listen to 'experts' and have hands on opportunities.

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The media selection confirmed that students want to be creative, solve problems, be innovators, and have individually curated learning opportunities. Also, the students want to have chances to work collaboratively as well as independently in activities.

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Having students take ownership of their learning. Giving options of how they want to learn using different resources or models. Motivate students learning is key. Student development of learning.

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All of the media talked about creating authentic and real life, individualized education plans. They take what the students are good at or high interest areas and adapt and modify learning to the students so they can learn in more authentic ways to be problem solvers in the world. Learning should be adaptable to students. They should be able to follow their questions and be in charge of their own learning. This confirmed our thinking and added to it.

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Move towards problem/product based learning. Students will work to solve real world/community problems. Students are provided with latest technology to provide meaningful learning experience. Content is learned through experiences. Challenge yourself to do something different ex. room transformations. Look at apps in a new way ex. Google Earth to teach maps and ocean content.

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5. Station rotations will help with breaking down tasks. 1 & 4- rotation #2 incorporate hands on activities.
2. Under the sea classroom theme helped make learning exciting
and tied things together.
3. Choice board-  What will schools look like in the future?

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Ask students what they want to learn, remind them why it is important, teach a concept that benefits them through life rather than the moment. Real life learning, and variety. Understand home life is stressful, needs are not met to learn, teach the whole child to be engaged. Ask about wellbeing.

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The student perspective confirmed the beliefs that students want creativity, they are motivated through their interests. Students enjoy having the freedom to choose how to share their learning and work. Today's learners are hackers "innovators who challenge the system to make it better."

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The element of choice is important; making learning relatable to students.
Project-based learning. Creating a product that may benefit someone else; Presenting/teaching their learning to others.
Hands on/ collaborating with peers.

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Our thinking was confirmed and added to by students saying they had many choices and ways to take their learning deeper and further. They are able to more authentically learn and have real-life applications. They look forward to projects that they can do more with their learning than just keeping it in the classroom.

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Middle School Students- wanted choice, personal exploration, hands on activities.
High School Students- only 27% students say they were actually engaged during online learning, students were most productive between 12-4pm, students wanted teachers to ask how they are doing emotionally/socially during online learning

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Connect to a personal interest

Know why it is important

Real-life connections

Videos

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It is important to teach to the whole student. If we take the time to create meaningful experiences off their interests, it shows the teacher's engagement to the student's social and emotional well-being. Technologies that allow for collaboration and creativity are appealing to these students. Not everything has to be on technology for these students to be engaged, especially if it is the wrong technology tool for that activity. Students want to know they are solving a problem, making a difference, and doing meaningful work in which it creates a happy and healthy learner.

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Project/problem based related to content with their voice heard. Authentic, real-life problems and students being in charge of their learning with choice and exploration. Hands-on, collaborative learning with integrated technology.

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Students want to be involved in creating assessments. Students enjoyed the customized learning that’s tailored to the individual. Students want to know how their new learning can apply to real-life situations. They need to know the guidelines they will have, but enjoy the opportunity to choose how to learn and show their learning and the opportunity to follow their learning wherever it may lead. They didn’t seem to see things as failures, but rather new questions and learning that have been brought up.

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Give students the choice, but push them out of their comfort zone to take a risk.  Ex. Over the course of this unit, you can choose how you want to create your project, but you must do all 4 within the year.
Public appeal- Students have a choice to who their audience is: post it on the web, share with teacher, share with the school, share with parents.
Collaboration- Most students thrive with collaboration, but it can also cause stress for others.

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-Acknowledging that you will have students that are passionate about new ideas and students that need that novel packaging. The way that you present the information and get that buy-in is crucial.
- Offering choice to make them engage with the learning on a deeper level also helps students take their learning seriously. Keeping it relevant to topics that interest your students.

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Students wants to have a voice and have a choice. They want to be a partner with their teacher with their learning. Students want more creativity. Collaboration with others is important. Students who take ownership of their work are more engaged and produce better quality work.