I have been thinking about the topic on which I would write my Personal Learning Theory paper. There are all these theories out there about how to engage, and drive learning, ut how do you motivate students to want to learn? A few students came to mind as I began to think, those students who aren't motivated by grades, they have D's or F's, they aren't motivated by rewards, pencils, pens, candy, etc. What do I do for those students that just don't care about rewards?? I also have many students who have such horrific home lives that I think it often distracts them from being a motivated student.
The good thing about technology is that it engages many more students. It also levels the playing field a little, everyone of my 6th graders has one. I do have one student that sometimes would rather do the pen and paper route because she gets frustrated with our Internet being a little slow. I think that motivation would be a great topic to look a little deeper into as a teacher and MAIT student.
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