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Humor and the Hovercam

Humor and the Hovercam. Best Practices for Student Engagement Cindy Kube, GRT, Salem HS, November 2011. Welcome to Today’s Session. Session Objectives. Summarize research on the relationship between humor, visual learning and student engagement

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Humor and the Hovercam

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  1. Humor and the Hovercam Best Practices for Student Engagement Cindy Kube, GRT, Salem HS, November 2011

  2. Welcome to Today’s Session

  3. Session Objectives • Summarize research on the relationship between humor, visual learning and student engagement • Review best practices using humor for warm ups, hooks, closings with document camera technology • Share resources for comics, funny headlines, quotes • Demonstrate use of document cameras to share student work

  4. Research Based Best Practice • Humor can change the culture of a classroom. • Humor promotes creative thinking. • Humor reduces stress in students. • Humor is associated with enhanced productivity. • Humor was associated with a 40 percentile point gain in instructional effectiveness. “What we learn with pleasure we never forget.” ~ Alfred Mercier~ Source: Laughing and Learning, Peter Jonas (2010) In The Highly Engaged Classroom, Robert Marzano & Debra Pickering, (2011)

  5. What do you know about climate change?

  6. How do scientists name organisms?

  7. Literary Techniques

  8. Resources • Comics: • http://www.gocomics.com • http://news.yahoo.com/comics • Quotes: • http://www.quotegarden.com • http://www.thinkexist.com • http://www.brainyquote.com • Headlines: • http://1stheadlines.com • Humor as a Habit of Mind: • Art Costa: http://instituteforhabitsofmind.com • http://habitsofmind.org

  9. Closing • Please complete your exit ticket and be sure you signed in to receive your PDP points! “Humor is a great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.” ~ Mark Twain~

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