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Student Motivation

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DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS!

5 Easy Ways to Connect with Students:

http://hepg.org/hel-home/issues/27_1/helarticle/five-easy-ways-to-connect-with-students_492

Developing Positive Teacher-Student Relationships

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/105124/chapters/Developing_Positive_Teacher-Student_Relations.aspx

Getting Started with EdModo

This page includes information and videos about EdModo, a free software you can set up for your classroom.

Getting Started with Class Dojo

This page includes information about Class Dojo, a free software that resembles a token economy. It can be run on your SmartBoard, ipad, Smartphone, or classroom computer. Check it out!

Student Inventories (to find out what motivates them)

Here is a page of links and downloads to find out more about your students.

Data sheets and charts to track student progress

This page has some example data sheets to use for student motivation.

Token Economy Stuff

Here is some stuff you can use to set up a token economy in your classroom.

Classroom Cheers Document: fun times for young kids!

Classroom Cheers!.doc

Great tips: Include a sensory break for students after small chunks of instruction. Incorporating classroom cheers to celebrate success after a lesson chunk promotes motivation and engagement and permits students with sensory movement needs to have those needs met quickly.

DEVELOPING MOTIVATION FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND CLASSROOM

Want to know more about motivation? Here's a 15 minutes presentation with a bunch of pictures and ideas: http://bit.ly/1SyVEvM. You can advance slides at your own rate and skip anything that's not helpful to you. To find resources shared by your colleagues in years past, click the links below:

RESOURCES SHARED IN FYI 2015-16

Articles about praise and motivation

The Perils and Promise of Praise--Dweck.doc (This article changed my life as a teacher! Must read!)

Motivating students web article.doc

Motivation-WhatTeachersNeedtoKnow.pdf

RESOURCES ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS FROM SANFORD INSPIRE

Find the whole module here: https://pll.asu.edu/lms/mod/page/view.php?id=62841

RESOURCES ABOUT MOTIVATION FROM SANFORD INSPIRE