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Story Bird still hasn't cleared my story to embed here so i'm posting the link instead... here ya go

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Discussion

Chapter 8: Let Your Students Create

Question 1 (Ch. 8): How can partnering get students motivated? How can partnering motivate the "so-called slackers" in class? Provide examples.

Students get motivated about learning the same way we do by incorporating what interests us. Where do our passions lie? As a teacher this is the most important thing we can do, and we have all heard it a million times already get to know your students! That link between their interests and out curriculum can very well have the potential to get that slacker student motivated about learning again. If a kid likes football and struggles in math make a football math lesson it isn’t that hard to be creative in the classroom.

                                                                                                                  

Chapter 9: Continuous Improvement through Practice and Sharing

Question 2 (Ch. 9): Think about your current or future class(es). What can you to do to move yourself towards higher partnering level? How can you improve your partnering skills through iteration, practice, and sharing? Please provide some concrete examples.

Creativeness and flexibility are key without a doubt. Those two skills are what are going to improve my overall teaching ability and partnering. Without those two you can’t create something new that will connect and you have to be flexible enough to go with a student’s tangent. You never know what you mind up starting. It could make them have that light bulb turn on or it might lead them down a new path of interest!

This is a movie i created for a class i have been working with, some of the photos were edited with photoflexor

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