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J-Factor for Joyful Classrooms: Engaging Students Through Fun and Creativity

Discover how to incorporate joy, humor, and suspense in the classroom to boost engagement and learning. Learn innovative ways to use J-Factor techniques to create a dynamic learning environment. Explore real-life case studies and brainstorm creative strategies with your peers. Unleash the power of fun and games, drama, song, humor, and surprise to make learning an exciting adventure for both students and teachers.

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J-Factor for Joyful Classrooms: Engaging Students Through Fun and Creativity

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  1. J-FACTOR Todd Hawks, Presenter August 4, 2014

  2. OBJECTIVES • Participants will learn about incorporating more Joy into the classroom • Participants will learn how to increase classroom engagement by using J-Factor • Participants will learn ways to incorporate J-Factor in a loud and quiet manner.

  3. J-FACTOR IN ACTION • https://www.inkling.com/read/teach-like-a-champion-doug-lemov-1st/chapter-7/video-clip-20 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Kqln5aOgs • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YGKncmc5yo

  4. ALREADY IN USE • How do you use Joy or have seen it used in the classroom? • Turn and talk • Share out

  5. 6 Components • Fun and Games • Us (and Them) • Drama, Song and Dance • Humor • Suspense and Surprise

  6. Fun and Games • Contests • Rolling numbers • Reciting Mid-western states in alpha order by the last letter • Sparkle • WBT Scoreboard • “Bees” • Spelling • Geography • Math • Relay races • Jeopardies

  7. US and THEM • Nicknames • Secret signals and special words • Specific to class • Uses “inside knowledge” • A song or chant everyone knows • A “secret” song everyone knows but the tune is just hummed • A myth or story shared by the teacher • Invokes later to prove a point • Point of reference

  8. DRAMA, SONG, MOVEMENT, and DANCE • Start with “Stand up!” • Group song • Dramatic play • Movement • Examples: • Songs in foreign languages • Any song with gestures added to remember concepts • Songs that mark sequences or processes • Days of the week • Do-Re-Mi • Short script enactment • Chant and movement

  9. HUMOR • Shared laughter • Can strengthen environment • Spreads happiness • Fulfills students • Fulfills teachers • Be willing to laugh at yourself • Make jokes to remember concepts • Do funny things from time-to-time

  10. SUSPENSE and SURPRISE • Mystery box or envelope • Next lesson • Object to hook • Put item for lesson in gift package • Play around by deciding when to open • Create a ritual around opening (song or saying) • “You’ll love it. If you keep working hard you will get to hear it.” • Leverage good behavior • Hand out varied material in sealed envelopes • Vocab words • Other important concepts • “Don’t open until I say!”

  11. 3 Reminders • The Faucet • It’s Whistling • The Servant

  12. CASE STUDY • Read the scenario on your sheet and work with pairs and make determinations regarding the case.

  13. INNOVATE • FROM GROUPS and DECIDE on a SCRIBE. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON A PIECE of CHART PAPER: • How have you used J-Factor in your classroom? • What are the unintended consequences of using J-Factor? • REGROUP • Model and share at least 1 way you or a group member uses J-Factor in the classroom. • Make it realistic • We are the class

  14. THE FINALE • Team up and create! • Partners or groups of 3 • Example of how you will use J-Factor • You are the teacher • We are the class • Key Takeaways

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