In Andrew Marcinek's November 21, 2010 blog titled Ten Simple Strategies for Re-engaging Students, I couldn't agree more with him. He begins his blog by talking about how his English 101 class is staring off into space or engaged in another activity (activities that did not pertain to English 101!). Marcinek then goes on to discuss what he was going to do to ensure that his students would be engaged in future lessons. In doing so, he came up with a list of 10 basic ideas. The very first one being to have fun!!! He then looked at open communication with others, constructive criticism, and working with others just to name a few.
I also believe that Marcinek was right on when he stated that we need not be ashamed for having "disconnected moments with our students" as this is part of teaching. As long as we adapt and make changes that will hopefully re-engage or engage for the first time, a majority of the students. An emphasis is put on a majority as we can not always connect with every student 100% of the time.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/reengaging-students-andrew-marcinek
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