Engagement & Attention

🔵 Engagement & Attention

Capturing and holding student attention is the first step toward meaningful learning. This pillar focuses on strategies and tools that inspire curiosity, spark participation, and create a classroom atmosphere where students want to engage. Explore practical activities designed to make lessons interactive and lively, using technology to amplify and not replace real connection.

🔵 Engagement & Attention – Class Discussions

Live Polling & Word Clouds: Visualize Student Thinking in Real Time

Exercise: Class Discussions

Start with an open-ended question related to the topic (e.g., “What makes a good leader?”).
Have students respond using a live polling tool that generates a word cloud.
Display the word cloud and analyze student responses together.
Invite students to expand on certain responses and explain their thinking.
Use the discussion to connect to key lesson objectives.

EdTech Tool: Mentimeter or Pear Deck

🔵 Engagement & Attention – Review Games

Game-Based Learning: Review Through Competition and Fun

Exercise: Review Games

Create a quiz with 5–10 questions tied to recent material.
Launch the quiz live in class using a game-based platform.
Students join individually or in teams using a device.
Facilitate the game while encouraging positive competition.
Review any tricky questions as a class.

EdTech Tool: Kahoot! or Blooket

🔵 Engagement & Attention – Idea Sharing

Digital Whiteboards: Students Share Thinking Visually

Exercise: Idea Sharing

Pose a creative question or brainstorming prompt (e.g., “What do you already know about ecosystems?”).
Have students post ideas on a shared whiteboard.
Allow students to add images, drawings, or comments.
Review the board together and highlight strong connections.
Save the board as a visual anchor for future reference.

EdTech Tool: Lucid Spark or Padlet

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