#MSchat Focusing Motivation 11-29-12

  1. Waiting for #mschat to begin with baited breath. Had worms for dinner . . . ;-)
  2. Getting ready to discuss how to focus motivation! in 5 minutes in #mschat please feel free to join in #mschat
  3. Tweets for the next hour will be on motivation in the middle school. Learning from learners. Let's do this #mschat !
  4. Clem Coulston, #Student at Univ. of Delaware studying Elementary Teacher Education. #mschat
  5. Nice to have you all here: Bob, John and Clem. Planning on a motivational discussion #mschat
  6. Hi, my name's Mark and I teach Social Studies. *waits on everybody to say "HI MARK!" in loud, creepy unison* #mschat
  7. Our topic tonight is Focusing motivation, students, teachers and Admins. #mschat
  8. Hi, I'm a representative from the Mich. Assoc. of Middle Lev. Educators from . . . well, Michigan. :-) Also teach 7th grd Soc. Stu. #mschat
  9. RT @blocht574: Our topic tonight is Focusing motivation, students, teachers and Admins. #mschat
  10. #mschat and someday I'll get my accounts straight . . .
  11. Can I get a quick explanation of what we mean when we say "focusing" motivation? #mschat
  12. I feel everyone is motived but motivations are different. Curriculum is what Ts focus is but not the Ss. #mschat
  13. @edunators Sure: how to be focus our students motivation to our learning targets away from what their "natural" motivation my be. #mschat
  14. @edunators Expanding into Ts to be motived to learn and admins to be motived to guide teachers to be the best the can be. #mschat
  15. All Ss are motivated by something. In poorer districts, a S might be motivated by getting to eat. There is something for everybody. #mschat
  16. Don't think there is an "unmotivated person." Can experience times of frustration or exhaustion but believe everyone has unique exp #mschat
  17. Q2: IF all Ss are motivated how can Ts focus it towards learning, move it away from social issues, or food, or etc....? #mschat
  18. Knowing Ss and their interest can help us Ts to tie it their interests and motivations. Seems all come back to relationships. #mschat
  19. To focus Ss' motivation, empowering them by giving them project choices in which they chose Bloom's really worked for my 6th-8th #mschat
  20. @clementc26 Totally agree everybody has some sort of motivation... so how do we focus it towards educational goals? #mschat
  21. Believe #schoolclimate has a big impact on #student motivation - if feel unsafe or unsupported, the motivation to learn is affected #mschat

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Todd Bloch

7th grade science educator: Sweating to inspire the youth of America. Moderator of #mschat weekly on Thursdays @ 8pm EST

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