{"id":2246,"date":"2014-04-01T15:07:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T22:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2014-04-17T06:15:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T13:15:59","slug":"secret-to-the-universe-when-motivation-wanes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/secret-to-the-universe-when-motivation-wanes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret to the Universe When Motivation Wanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"silhouettecircle_201403\"<\/a>Many times I’ve been asked “how do you motivate students”? This is usually during the time when the newness of the exercises wear off and it’s clearly drudgery that takes over. \u00a0This might happen during week one (sigh) or perhaps pop up in week three. \u00a0If you’re lucky, you won’t see the effects for quite some time.<\/p>\n

One of the challenges of any program especially one using technologies, is that teachers expect the program to be the motivator and all they have to do is get the student into the building. \u00a0While Fast ForWord does have embedded bells and whistles, when you hit the wall, it just isn’t enough. No amount of pings, pops or flashy action figure is going to encourage you once you’ve heard the dreaded ‘clunk’ for the tenth time.<\/p>\n

My secret to the universe is really no secret at all. \u00a0It is simply … “relationships<\/strong>“. \u00a0Relationships that build from being the champion of the individual student. \u00a0It is overt and open and honest, not simply implied. \u00a0In good times and bad.\u00a0Students need to know that you are the ‘wind beneath their wings’, especially when they get tired and frustrated. The act of learning to read is a strenuous workout for the brain (equal to a marathon run). Knowing that you have a safe harbour to rest, gain strength and much needed encouragement goes a long way. \u00a0Put another way, Bev Ogilvie<\/a>\u00a0says,
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“connectedness makes the world go round. It brings out creativity and helps everyone around us flourish. … It engenders hope, rekindles our inner light and allows us to feel joy. Our power comes from who we are, not from what we do or what we have.” [ConnectZone.org<\/em><\/a>. p.162]<\/span><\/p>\n

These words ring even more powerful as we race through our busy days. Sometimes I feel it takes super powers to stop, remind ourselves to purposefully and intentionally take the initiative to connect deeply with our students, to listen with open hearts and in doing so, help them feel they have a belonging place. Relationship is foundational to the process of learning. However I have no right way to go about this. How do you go about building relationships or connections with your students? \u00a0Would love your comments or suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many times I’ve been asked “how do you motivate students”? This is usually during the time when the newness of the exercises wear off and it’s clearly drudgery that takes over. \u00a0This might happen during week one (sigh) or perhaps pop up in week three. \u00a0If you’re lucky, you won’t see the effects for quite…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,5,83,6,84],"tags":[91,30,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2310,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions\/2310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}