Interactive Classroom Structures: Create Classroom Magic with Driven Student Engagement

2. Interactive Classroom Structures:Create Classroom Magic with Driven Student Engagement John Hardison-Studio 113 at East Hall High in Gainesville, GA PowerPoint: http://goo.gl/RLlh4 Twitter hashtag: #GAETC E-mail: John.hardison@hallco.org Twitter: @JohnHardison1 Blogspot: http://gettingsmart.com/cms/blog/author/john-hardison/

3. What is needed to create classroom magic? • Passion for teaching and genuine concern for students • Strong classroom management • Energy

4. Traffic Light System for B.Y.O.D.

5. My Favorite Sites Integrating Cell/Smart Phones • Polleverywhere • Socrative • Posterous • Voicethread My Favorite Sites for Backchanneling • Polleverywhere • Todaysmeet My SymbalooWebmix for PBL Assignments • Creative Gallery

6. The Foundational Model/Structure • Practice (A-Statue B-Rap C-Preacher D-Artist) • Most embarrassing moment? • Greatest accomplishment with students? ABCD Model/Structure (An Organizational Structure) Team construction (count-off, random Excel, teacher assign, student assignments, website, etc.) Building blocks for many other structures Every student is a number and a letter Team make-up is interchangeable

8. Whose Line Is It Anyway? • Alphabet Conversation (timed or untimed) • Questions Only • One-Word Song

9. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

10. ABC Conversation Questions Only Soap Opera (Over-Dramatization) Country Rap Genre Detective (Freeze) One-Word Song News Conference CD Compilation Director’s Cut ***T-Rex***

11. Model/Structure #1 Wax Museum • Teams create symbolic wax statue • Use any appropriate materials from classroom/home • Must hold statue for two rounds • Round one: students are still and silent while recorded • Round two: students explain but still while recorded • Students do not move until cue is given • Practice • Create a successful/unsuccessful team of three-four castaways to be stranded on a deserted island? Give this team a name and be prepared to explain your reasoning.

12. Model/Structure #2 Recording Artists • Teams create a standards-based song or… • Teams select a famous song that relates to the assigned standards(s). No Practice---Notes Only • Math Rap song • Of Mice & Men song • Improvisational song • Another original song • As always, teachers model everything • Optional: Use Posterous to collect videos

13. Model/Structure #3 The Voting Chips • Students work with partners to complete task (i.e. multiple choice questions) • Teams of two begin with set number of points (chips) • Partnerships sit around stage as front/back channel • Front Channel has all control (final vote) • Back Channel indicates initial vote (by hand or Polleverywhere.com) • Teams share initial vote then have 10 seconds to change after hearing class majority vote • Teacher announces/explains answer • Teams double points or return chips to center • If team changed from correct answer to incorrect answer, they must pay extra 10% of current points • Optional: Use Socrative for rounds of silent voting

15. White-5Yellow-10Green-25Blue-50Red-100 Borrowing: First Time: 25 Points Max. @ 10% Interest Second Time: 15 Points Max. @ 20% Interest Third Time: 10 Points Max. @ 50% Interest (from a classmate only)

16. Model/Structure #4 Gamify (Mitcheopardy with musical chairs) • ABCD Foundational Model/Structure • Use pre-planned Jeopardy template in PowerPoint or Jeopardy Labs • Use Google Forms to collect relative media examples before beginning structure • No Practice---Notes Only • Mitcheopardy

18. Model/Structure #5 Flip Forum • Students sit around the stage • Each student has a visible number in front of him/her • Each student reads/answers questions/participates in discussion and flips his/her number over • He/she then calls on a remaining number to continue the thread of discussion • Polleverywhere is used as a backchannel the entire time • Discussion resets after no numbers are visible • Practice • How can administrators support today’s teachers?

19. Model/Structure #6 Flip Forum (with Unaware Speaker & Silent Discussion) • Stations A & B: Flip Forum (discuss questions verbally and with use of cell phones/one person speaking at a time) • Station C: Unaware Speaker (team acts out answers while unaware speaker reports to camera man) • Station D: Silent Conversation (students discuss prompts by using www.todaysmeet.com) • Diagram • No Practice-Notes Only • StationsA & B • Station C • Station D

21. Discussion Leader---Please Announce Before Beginning Cover only two questions per rotation Raise your hand to speak Speak when your number is called Place number face down after speaking Text to polleverywhere.com if you wish to comment nonverbally about the discussion

22. Model/Structure #7 The Chosen Ones • Selected students go to stage & become A, B, C, or D • Volunteer student runs the spinner (number/letter) • Volunteer student is the camera man • Spinner selects student to deliver answer in center of stage • If correct, remaining students on stage select “door” • If incorrect, speaker and his original team chooses “door”

23. Practice • Create a superhero who embodies the skills and talents of your team members. Be sure to name this superhero and mention his/her weaknesses.

24. A B D X C

25. Model/Structure #8 Doorball • Uses ABCD foundational model/structure • Students must catch teacher-thrown balls (racquet ball and nerf balls) • If caught, team answers prompt. • If dropped, team selects door number from post-it notes and performs assignment. • May offer double-or-nothing (ping pong ball) No Practice

26. Model/Structure #9 Cell Phone and Seismograph (Literature Example) • Partners should read literature while noting key points • Review seismograph and Richter scale • Do not allow team members to discuss the scale before collaborating to draw the scale • Team member #1 calls other team member and articulates how the scale should be drawn • Team member #2 may only say, “Pardon,” “Yes,” or “No.” • No Practice • USA Today article or Flanner O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” excerpt.

27. Seismograph

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30. Model/Structure #10 • Floorgame • Pre-assigned teams of four study certain sections of a lesson (i.e. Julius Caesar Act I) while taking notes on the assigned standards • After studying assigned sections, students will play floorgame • Designated areas/tiles on floor correlate to standards-based team assignment • Teams must complete assignment before moving on to next section • Unsuccessful teams go to the infirmary to perform extra assignment before returning

31. Model/Structure #10-Continued • Floorgame-Continued • Excel sheet determines assignment and modality • Teams take a knee after obtaining teacher’s approval • No Practice---Notes Only • Julius Caesar Act I standards • Floorgame diagram • Excel assignment sheet

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33. Model/Structure #11 Concentric Circles • A=Reading and Addressing Questions (No Cell Phone) • B=Socratic Thinking (Verbal or Cell Phone) • C=Answers (Verbal Only) • D=Comments (Todaysmeet or Polleverywhere) • Diagram • Practice • “Social Media…U.S. Classrooms” by Greg Toppo*

34. A B C D

35. Model/Structure #12 Double Trouble • Teams discuss prompt • Team/individuals chosen via number/letter selectors • 1-2 team members present answer in front of webcam in a teacher-selected style • Team member must complete assigned round(s) of video game (Angry Birds, Frogger, Pacman) • If unsuccessful, consequences are assigned • Video answers mashed up as online movie • As always, teachers model everything • No Practice • Notes only

36. Model/Structure #13 • Stage Fright • Uses ABCD Foundational Model/Structure • Best to use number slips, spinner, and one die • One student per team is called to center of room/stage via teacher-drawn number slips • Selected students stand in circle on numbered queues • Teacher selects one student via number slips/spinner/die to go to center of circle/stage.

37. Model/Structure #13 -Continued • Stage Fright-Continued • Student must successfully answer prompt. • Audience may vote or teacher(s) may approve. • If student is unsuccessful, he/she will roll the die to determine how & what his/her team will improv.

39. “ETC Version”

40. Thinking of characters from the following four movies (Forrest Gump, Titanic, Rocky, Avatar), be prepared to present on the following prompts: • Pick any three or more characters from the aforementioned movies and create a superhero who embodies the obvious qualities of the characters. 2. Pick any three or more characters from the aforementioned movies and give a complete character description of each.

41. ABC Conversation Soap Opera (Over-Dramatization) Country Film Noir Moving Bodies (All 4 team members) Director’s Cut

42. 1. Perform the T-Rex to music for 30 seconds.

43. 2. Improv four students in a boring classroom discussing their overbearing parents. When music is played, the discussion pauses and the students dance. When the music ends, the discussion resumes as if no dancing ever occurred.

44. ABC Conversation Questions Only Soap Opera (Over-Dramatization) Country Film Noir One-Word Song Moving Bodies (All 4 team members) News Conference CD Compilation Director’s Cut Incorrect Answers: T-Rex with music

45. Model/Structure #14 Revolutionary Battle • Team captains secretly select teammates via a draft • Teams draw number to determine bracket placing • Teams complete class assignment • Teams discuss and plot strategy • Teammates select “card” or “power” • Team A vs. Team B • Teams-in-waiting can work on next lesson or participate via silent conversation/texting/voting • No Practice-Notes Only • Example

46. Interactive Classroom Structures:Create Classroom Magic with Driven Student Engagement John Hardison-Studio 113 at East Hall High in Gainesville, GA Voicethread for post-workshop questions E-mail: John.hardison@hallco.org Twitter: @JohnHardison1 Blogspot: http://gettingsmart.com/cms/blog/author/john-hardison/