How to motivate a new generation

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How to motivate a new generation
Motivating a new generation

• By
• Marie-France B.Fitzgerald
• Aurora Dana

By Marie-France Bordeleau
Fitzgerald Aurora DAnna
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Motivation Ideas

• Shocking students into being interested
• Controversial approach using their pop culture
  to reach them
• 3.Other starter ideas

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1.Shocking students into being interested

• Using surprise items
• Ex. A cooler of cow organs to begin a biology
  unit on human organs

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2.Using Pop Culture

• Using what students chat about on a daily basis
  theme for lesson.
• Ex. Using wrestling to
• teach math
• Pop culture in the classroom still controversial
• Audio clip on opposite beliefs
• (Mind-Games Program)

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Rap and Hip-Hop cont

• Ex. Using Rap and Hip Hop to teach reading and
  language arts
• (see book/movie)
• Article about the Hip Kid Hop series
• Series by Scholastics
• Other book Using pop culture to teach
  information literacy

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3.Creative starter ideas

• Changing classroom environment to inspire unit
• Inspiring links

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Question

• Would you use pop culture or shockers only in
  extreme cases or in general classroom conditions?