https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix Understanding Students' Interests and Backgrounds en-us 2017-02-25 05:32:06 UTC 2025-10-06 00:10:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156168514 To understand students' interests and backgrounds, teachers must seek out the knowledge. Some strategies to do that are: student background surveys, individual learning goals, and commenting on student achievements or areas of importance.]]> 2017-02-25 05:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156168514 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156168562 This is when teachers use questions to find out more about students' interests and backgrounds. It is a pretty easy way to go about learning about students. The teacher can decide what questions are important to ask and design their survey to fit the needs of their classroom. ]]> 2017-02-25 05:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156168562 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156187441 Clickers or polling software can be used to complete surveys in the classroom. Online surveys could be used and be done before the student ever comes to class. Lastly students can take a digital picture of themselves and add visual elements to it reflect their interests.]]> 2017-02-25 14:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156187441 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156187538 Students connect teacher chosen goals to their own personal goals through their own experiences and interests. ]]> 2017-02-25 14:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156187538 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156188718 Students can keep reflective journals using word processing software such as Google Drive. Students can record their journal entries using audio recording software or using video recording tools.]]> 2017-02-25 14:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156188718 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156188822 After gathering some background knowledge about students' values and interests, the teacher can comment on individual accomplishments, important events or changes in student's family structure]]> 2017-02-25 14:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156188822 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156197986 2017-02-25 17:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156197986 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156198044 2017-02-25 17:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156198044 hoyk https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156198165 Use social media to comment on students' achievements or areas of importance. Edmodo can be set up for the class and students can add comments to their pages that reflect their interests, backgrounds, and life events. Then the teacher and other students can make comments on those entries.]]> 2017-02-25 17:16:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hoyk/ldpqcsdrcrix/wish/156198165