Mrs. D's Data by Alicia Dickerson https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6 content/prompt/response en-us 2015-01-20 22:23:08 UTC 2016-09-21 19:44:30 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d262le4z25sx36.cloudfront.net/portraits/earth.jpg  Immersion adickerson2 https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125508019 Something you can do to be truly immersed in your classroom or switch from focus to immersion]]> 2016-09-21 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125508019 "When he's teaching you, he isn't doing anything else!" page 14 "It's far more powerful to 'swim' with your students." "Immersion is felt by students in ways we don't even realize." page 15                 We can be fully immersed by sitting with our students during group readings or discussions, by being present. Don't try to multitask.                                                  Be engaged with your students. Don't just sit at your desk and do something else while they're working on seat work. Walk around, be available. Incorporate more engaging activities, more hands on activities. "Be a player, not a coach!" - Benz  Be willing to spend more time a certain concepts if needed, don't just keep pushing forward.                                                           https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550206 2016-09-21 19:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550206 When he is teaching you he is not doing anything else. - pg.14 https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550255 2016-09-21 19:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550255 Immersion will allow you to turn lukewarm lessons into supernovas that set the classroom on fire. P16 https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550257 2016-09-21 19:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550257 https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550366
 'An instructor who is is fully immersed in the moment has a special type of intensity that resonates with great power in the classroom, regardless of the activity.'

Do a project with them, step-by-step.

Play "games" with them. 

Be willing to stray from the subject if students are curious or you can teach them life lessons.

Tie history into current events/ current philosophies/ current world views.]]> 2016-09-21 19:36:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550366 "jump in" with the students...it's far more powerful to swim with your students.  https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550521 2016-09-21 19:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125550521 Don't miss the moment, "be" with them, don't miss the God moments and be flexible https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125551123 2016-09-21 19:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125551123 https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125551238 "A lack of immersion in the present sends a clear, although unspoken, message that this moment is somehow less important and not significant enough to be worth undivided attention."]]> 2016-09-21 19:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125551238 Read a book for the first time with the class to make discoveries together. https://padlet.com/adickerson2/f7ypor0bxok6/wish/125551568
Solve problems with them instead of just watching.

Become part of their projects.

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