Create Captivating Classes

Why NCLB Should Mean No Child Left Bored

Workshops:

Christopher has several workshops that provide information, examples, and training in the techniques of entertainment and the many ways they can be incorporated into the classroom to increase student attention, motivation, and engagement in classroom activities. Workshops are interactive and entertaining and can be tailored to fit the needs of your group and help your teachers to Create Captivating Classes. For details on the sessions or for more information about bringing Christopher to your school or event, please contact himtoday!

Highlights:

Excerpts from a workshop titled, “Practical Strategies for Increasing Student Engagement,” presented at the NCLB Teachers’ Conference on February 19, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.

Workshop participants learn to:

• Understand “inattentional blindness” and its effect on the education process
• Unite their students and get them to work together to learn
• Create the motivation necessary for student-directed learning as outlined in the Danielson framework
• Focus the attention of students on their lessons
• Recognize techniques of entertainment used around them
• Incorporate techniques of entertainment into their classes
• Become “super-human” in the classroom
• Use personal weaknesses as teaching strengths
• Design lessons that capture and hold the attention of their students
• Create memory points in lessons to help students retain information
• Use humor as a device for increasing attention and retention in the classroom
• and more!