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Our students sit on their rears for seven hours a day in some of the most uncomfortable chairs ever. I don't know about you, but, I would have a difficult time concentrating in my classes if it was the same daily routine with little movement and few activities beyond teacher lecturing and student note taking. Here are some activities that you can use to motivate student learning and change up the daily routine. Below are a few strategies to motivate our students to use their thinking caps.



Active engagement activities that create collaboration among peers [|http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/active/strategies/index.html#tentwo]

Four Corners []

A great resource with summaries of various tools useful for student engagement []