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Engaging Students with Humor

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Engaging Students with Humor

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  1. LOL Teacher! Engaging Students with Humor ShellyTerrell.com/humor

  2. Our students come to us with all types of stress!

  3. Work stress! Traffic! Arguments!

  4. I don’t understand! I’m tired! I’m I’m having a bad day! hungry!

  5. I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. - Dr. Seuss Photo by JD Hancock: Flic.kr/p/atm6G6

  6. Encourage play & humor!

  7. Benefits? Prepares the mind for learning Prepares the mind for learning Enhances the classroom Enhances the classroom atmosphere atmosphere Supports relationship Supports relationship building building Improves health Improves health

  8. Helps teachers avoid burn-out!

  9. Humor can relax students before testing Photo by Renato Ganoza, Flic.kr/p/7nWZuD

  10. Get students interested in the complex

  11. Tips for integrating humor

  12. Plan it in the presentation!

  13. Image Memes Memegenerator.net

  14. Have fun with the delivery!

  15. Choose humorous teaching content

  16. Photoprompts.tumblr.com

  17. Learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/make-your-monster

  18. Learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/make-your-own/make-your-monster

  19. Zimmertwins.com

  20. Goanimate.com

  21. Create Motivational Posters

  22. Bighugelabs.com/motivator.php

  23. Text Chats Classtools.net/SMS

  24. Genkienglish.net/howRU.htm

  25. Joke Mingle •  Students memorize a joke •  Have students in pairs facing each other. •  Give them 30 seconds to a minute to tell their jokes. •  Blow the whistle. They must tell their jokes to different students. •  Optional: a checklist- Was it funny? Did you get it?

  26. Fun Apps

  27. Animated Dialogues with YakIt Kids IOS App Freakngenius.com/yak/8024 Freakngenius.com/yak/8024

  28. Chatterpix Kids IOS App

  29. Talking Ben & Tom News IOS/Android

  30. Have them create comics! Comics Head Lite IOS/ Android App

  31. MakebeliefsComics.com & IOS App

  32. BitStrips FB, IOS, Android App

  33. PhotoFunia IOS/Android App Photofunia.com

  34. Pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/humor-learning/id13246773

  35. Futureeducators.org/goteach/2014/11/12/lol-teacher- using-humor-to-enhance-student-learning/

  36. Get a copy of Learning to Go- Gum.co/learn2go ShellyTerrell.com/webinars Twitter.com/ShellTerrell Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell Google.com/+ShellySanchezTerrell

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