Engagement+and+Motivation+Strategies

Seminar Participants Engagement and Motivation Strategies for Specific Issues
(focus on boys) || involve boys on book selection committee.Have male students give their input and acknowledge their choice. || form book club for boys with male leader/teacher/form girls' bookclub with female leader/teacher || order high interest boys' magazines and books. Boys interested in quicker reads, more open to different genres. || get male teachers to do booktalks || Video ||  Videoconferencing ||  Sakai || Communication ||  Moodle ||  Promote library resources/ideas || Flip video cameras ||  Audacity ||  Movie Maker/iMovie ||  Animoto ||
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 * || Create READ posters with the athletic coaches || Create book dispalys for boys around the school || subscribe to magazines for boys, skateboard, computer games, etc. || create online book club for boys ||
 * || More boy book talks. || Girls more apt to share books. || Bring books to them! || Feed them! ||
 * || 'Marketing' special reads by gender || Boys like facts/gimmicks,are more tech oriented || 'Catch' other students/teachers reading || Girls read in series - promotions. ||
 * **TEACHER BEHAVIOR ** || Display books that teachers' have read, tag with their name and why they liked the book || Create teacher READ posters and hang around the school || Encourage teachers to share what they are reading with their classes and ask students what they are reading || Change policy against technology, MP3 players, Facebook, etc. ||
 * || Take photos of teachers and staff with a book of their choice; have them hold the book so that only their eyes are showin; students try to figure out who it is || Teach teachers to do book talks for their students || Figure out ways to make reading instruction easy for teacher. || Strategies in books in a basket in a well-used staffroom ||
 * || Help with technical reading. || Background vocabulary - Glogster vocab words for science/math || Provide background on the era, genre etc. || Columbia Note Taking ||
 * || Sign out new items to teachers || Make lists that support teachers' curriculum || New stuff displayed || Summer reading suggested instead of required ||
 * || Study on voluntary reading ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS**  || Use wordless picture books to prompt discussion. ||  ||  ||  ||
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 * <span style="color: rgb(218,73,73);">**TECHNOLOGY** || <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> Tech Integrator || <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">
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 * <span style="color: rgb(200,76,76);">**SCHOOL CLIMATE** || Getting on faculty committee || Make library warm inviting, comfortable || on LMC website: "What are you reading?"Get someone to write a little blurb about the book they are currently reading e.g. superintendant, janitor, principal, anyone kids relate to || Shelfari.com social networking site for booklovers ||
 * || Student collection development teams || Contests || 'Speed dating' nonfiction books in content areas || Displays, posters in areas outside the library ||
 * || Magazines where kids can grab them ||  ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: rgb(230,73,71);">**STUDENT BEHAVIOR** || Bookmarks with synopses || Get caught reading! || Catch them where they hang out || Snapfish.com to makedigitalposters ||
 * || Puzzles - Sudoku,crosswords, etc. || Allowing food and drink in media center || Get out of the library! || Poetry Slams ||
 * || Banned Books Week || Suggestion Box || Student book talks || Flume and Isinglass Awards ||
 * || Lollipops for Charity || TV on in media center || ALA READ posters || Spamku/haikucontest ||
 * || What are you reading? ||  ||   ||   ||